TSC issues warning on merit lists and recruitment of new teachers

<p>The Teachers Service Commission&comma; TSC&comma; has issued a stern warning to school Principals against locking out some applicants in the ongoing teachers&&num;8217&semi; recruitment exercise&period; This is after it emerged that some applicants who had been shortlisted failed to receive invitations to the interviews&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In some schools less than five applicants were invited against a total of over 15 as per the TSC merit lists&period; The lists of shortlisted candidates for some schools are also conspicuously missing&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;It has been realized that some school heads collaborating with some Directors have converted the whole process &lpar;of recruitment&rpar; into personal business&period; The Commission has received complains from applicants for not accessing the merit lists for a number of schools&comma;&&num;8221&semi; says a note from the Commission&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Commission has ordered the school heads&comma; County and Sub County Directors to make the lists public and ensure that all shortlisted applicants are invited for interviews&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>About 300&comma;000 teachers submitted their applications to fill the advertised 11&comma;000 vacancies in primary and secondary schools&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to the released recruitment timelines&comma; the County selection process and filling of application for employment forms by successful candidates will be done between Thursday October 8&comma; 2020 and Wednesday October 14&comma; 2020&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h5><strong>See also&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;h5>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;educationnewshub&period;co&period;ke&sol;tsc-october-2020-mass-recruitment-merit-lists-interview-dates-and-venues-per-county-download-all-lists&sol;">Updated TSC October 2020 mass recruitment merit lists&comma; interview dates and venues per County- Download all lists<&sol;a><&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;educationnewshub&period;co&period;ke&sol;tsc-october-2020-mass-recruitment-merit-lists-interview-dates-and-venues-per-county-download-all-lists&sol;">TSC October 2020 mass recruitment merit lists&comma; interview dates and venues per County- Download all lists<&sol;a><&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;educationnewshub&period;co&period;ke&sol;tsc-lists-of-shortlisted-candidates-per-county-for-the-2020-mass-recruitment&sol;">TSC lists of shortlisted candidates per County for the 2020 mass recruitment<&sol;a><&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;educationnewshub&period;co&period;ke&sol;tsc-reviews-the-recruitment-schedule-for-the-2020-mass-recruitment-of-teachers-see-new-timelines&sol;">TSC reviews the recruitment schedule for the 2020 mass recruitment of teachers&semi; See new timelines<&sol;a><&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;