In the upcoming July Recruitment exercise Teacher service commission (TSC) advertised 5,000 new vacancies and 8,230 others to replace teachers exiting service through natural attrition.
Of the advertised vacancies 6,539 posts for primary schools and 1,691 posts for secondary schools.
Internship Teachers
Without a doubt, the intern teachers are smiling as they wait for the recruitment process to begin.
According to merit lists seen by this author, most applicants who managed to top five have served as intern teachers
It’s bad news for applicants who didn’t secure internship contract in the latest changes on TSC score sheet. These teachers will not be considered when inviting applicants if the latest Score sheet is anything to go by.
According to the teachers’ commission only top five applicants will be invited by schools in every slot advised. Case study from previous employment clearly show that no teacher without this marks will come any close to top five. This move has completely isolated these group of teachers without the internship marks.
Several changes have been made in this year’s marking scheme. Maximum internship marks has been slashed from 30 to 15 marks.
- This will only serve those who have worked for 3 years.
- Those who have been in intern for 2 years and 1 year will score 15marks, 10 marks and 5 marks respectively.
Evidence Required by interns teachers
- Three Pay slips for 2022 Duly certified by the principal.
- Recommendation letter from Head of The Institution you were interned.
- Letter of Offer from the County Director of Education detailing when you were contracted
Note that in order to score the marks for internship, the aforementioned documents must be presented on the day of the interview.
Note : Teachers with disabilities use a different score sheet.
| SCORING AREAS | MAXIMUM SCORE |
| Degree (BED) | |
| First class & Second Class Upper | 40 |
| Pass | 35 |
| Degree + PGDE or BSC+PGDE | |
| First class & Second Class Upper | 40 |
| Pass | 35 |
| Maximum Score | 40 |
| Diploma | |
| Distinction & Credit | 35 |
| Pass | 30 |
| Diploma in Education or Dip Tech. Education | |
| Distinction & Credit | 35 |
| Pass | 30 |
| Maximum Score | 35 |
| Evidence of internship service | |||
| Served for three (3) years | 15 | ||
| Served for three (3) years | 10 | ||
| Currently serving the first year of internship
| 5 | ||
| Maximum Score | 15 | ||
Awarding of marks for Length of stay since qualifying as a teacher (since graduation)
It is also important to note that the marks for length of stay after graduation has been reduced by a big margin.
| YEAR | SCORE |
| 2017 and Before | 40 |
| 2018 | 35 |
| 2019 and after | 30 |
| Maximum Score | 40
|
Advantage of Communication ability and Co-curricular certificate of participation
One who has a co-curricular certificate of participation will also stand higher chances of scoring more marks. This part is very crucial when it comes to breaking of ties.
| (i) Communication ability a) Communication skills—————————– b) Presentation—————————————-
-(ii) Knowledge of current trends in Education Sector ————————————————–
(iii) Special talents (Leadership awards and acknowledgement)
NB: No candidate should score zero in this section
MAXIMUM SCORE | 1 1
2
1
5 | ||
| GRAND TOTAL | 100 |
