The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) requires you to hold a Certificate of Registration for you to qualify to practice teaching in Kenya. To make it easier for all prospective teachers, TSC introduced an online service platform to replace paper application. Now, all teachers have to do is to check their TSC registration status to know whether they are in the registry.
Even before checking your TSC online system registration status, you should have registered with the TSC portal. At this point, you will have to fill all the information needed by the TSC and scan and attach supporting documents (original copy). Some of the prerequisite documents include;
- A copy of your national identity card
- Certified copies of your professional and academic certificates
- A copy of your KRA pin
- GP69 form
- Bank slip confirming payment of registration fees
- Certificate of good conduct
- One passport size photo For non-Kenyan,
- copies of entry and work permits
If you are an expatriate teacher, you will also have to attach a clearance letter from the Ministry of Education. TSC has provided a teacher’s registration manual to make the process easy. Applicants who give false information will have to pay a fine of up to 100,000 Kenyan Shillings or serve an imprisonment term of twelve months.
How will I know I have been registered to TSC? Once you complete the registration process above, the TSC will review your application and get back to you within 30 days. If your registration is successful, the Teachers Service Commission will grant you the certificate of registration. With this certificate of registration, you can confirm your TSC number registration status.
Also, the TSC publishes a list of all registered teachers annually. On the other hand, if TSC declines your application, the commission will communicate within 30 days giving the reason for declining. Some of the grounds that may make the TSC deny your registration are;
- Lack of the required academic and professional qualifications
- Being of questionable moral character, i.e., you have been convicted of an offence against a learner or a sexual offence
- Having a criminal offence conviction that makes you unfit to be a teacher
- If proven that you engaged in activities considered prejudicial to good governance, peace, or good order in Kenya
- Having a physical or mental illness that makes you incapable of administering your duty as a teacher
How to check TSC registration status online 1. You can check your TSC new teacher online registration status by visiting the TSC online services portal.
2. Click on ‘Registration Status.’
