Kenya: Employer of Teachers in Kenya Warns Public to Watch Out for This Fake Job Ad

10 July 2024
Africa Check (Johannesburg)
By Grace Gichuhi

Employer of teachers in Kenya warns public to watch out for this fake job ad

A job advert posted on Facebook claims that Kenya's Teachers Service Commission (TSC) is recruiting tens of thousands of interns. According to the ad, the recruitment drive is aimed at supporting the new competency based curriculum.

The TSC is said to be seeking 20,000 interns - 18,000 in junior secondary schools (JSS) and 2,000 in primary schools. It is also inviting "26,000 senior interns to fill permanent and pensionable letters".

According to the ad posted on 30 June 2024, interested candidates should apply via the TSC website.

The TSC is a Kenyan government agency that oversees public school teachers. It is responsible for the registration, recruitment, placement, promotion and discipline of teachers and is the largest public employer in the country.

The advert followed a court ruling on 12 June that threw a spanner in the works of plans to convert internships into permanent jobs. This was compounded by a lack of funding for the TSC.

As a result, the fate of all 46,000 JSS teacher trainees, both new recruits and those seeking permanent positions, hangs in the balance.

The job ad has also been published here and here. (Note: See more instances listed at the end of this report.)

So is the job advert that has raised the hopes of tens of thousands of interns real? We checked.

Fake job ad

There are some indications that the ad is not authentic. It has irregular spacing, different fonts and some bold text, which is unusual for TSC ads.

We searched the TSC website for this particular job advert but couldn't find it.

The TSC, through its verified Facebook page and X (formerly Twitter) account, posted the ad and marked it as "FAKE".

"Fake news alert!" wrote the TSC.

The fake job also appears here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here.

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