TSC Warns Public Over Fake Advertisement for 24,000 Teacher Intern Positions
The advertisement also describes the teacher internship programme as a one-year initiative designed to equip unemployed registered teachers with practical experience through mentorship and coaching.
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By Robert Mutasi
The Teachers Service Commission has disowned a fraudulent online advertisement claiming it is recruiting 24,000 intern teachers for junior schools.
The fake poster, which bears the TSC logo and the national Coat of Arms, falsely invites applications for a nationwide exercise to support the Competency-Based Curriculum. It lists requirements, including a valid TSC registration certificate, and sets a deadline of July 23.
The advertisement also describes the teacher internship programme as a one-year initiative designed to equip unemployed registered teachers with practical experience through mentorship and coaching.
TSC described the flyer as fake and urged the public to ignore it.
“Fraud alert: Please take note of this flyer circulating online regarding ‘Vacancies for Teacher Interns in Junior Schools (July 2026).’ Please be advised that this poster is FAKE,” the commission said in a statement.
The alert is the latest in a series of bogus recruitment notices that TSC has had to debunk in recent weeks, as scammers take advantage of high demand for teaching jobs.
The fake advert appears as the government prepares to convert thousands of intern teachers to permanent and pensionable terms starting next year.
In the 2026-27 financial year, the National Treasury allocated Sh424 billion for teachers’ salaries and an additional Sh4.9 billion to convert 20,000 interns to permanent positions from January 2027. Another 24,000 newly recruited interns are expected to be absorbed from July 2027 at a cost of Sh8.2 billion.
The exercise is projected to bring the total number of teachers employed since 2022 to 116,000.
The conversion programme follows legal challenges to the internship policy. Earlier this year, the Court of Appeal ruled that the Junior Secondary School internship programme was discriminatory and unlawful, ordering TSC to place affected teachers on permanent and pensionable terms.
The move aligns with the government’s commitment that intern teachers will serve for no more than two years before being absorbed into permanent employment.
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