The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has announced recruitment of 1,042 teachers, as a move to replace those who have exited service through natural calamities.
The teachers who are being replaced left the service in March 2018.
TSC chief executive Nancy Macharia said primary schools will be getting the bigger share of the new teachers, as compared to secondary schools.
In the recruitment, 826 new teachers will go to primary schools while secondary schools and colleges will get 216 teachers.
“Eligible candidates should meet the following basic requirements: be Kenyan citizens, 45 years or below, have original professional and academic certificates and be registered as a teacher per Section 23 of the Teachers Service Commission Act 2012.
“Successful candidates will be deployed to serve in stations in any part of the country and not necessarily in the county where they were recruited,” said Ms Macharia, as quoted by Nation.
She also said that those who will be applying as primary schools teachers, must be holders of P1 certificate, adding and they will be selected from the county merit lists compiled during the June 2017 recruitment exercise.
Those applying for post-primary schools must posses a minimum of Diploma in Education certificate.
She confirmed that the country is having a shortage of 155,000 teachers at the moment, which is affecting services delivery to students. Primary schools are having a short of 40,972 teachers while the secondary schools have got a shortage of 63,849 teachers.
For those wishing to apply, she said they should should submit their applications to the respective county directors and boards of management, latest by May 18, 2018.