Get confirmed in your TSC appointment after probation
Teachers Service Commission · sources read 4 Oct 2026
When your probation ends (at most six months), apply to TSC for confirmation of appointment. TSC decides on your head of institution's recommendation and, if confirmed, sends you a Letter of Confirmation.
- Fee
- We couldn't confirm a fee from the official page. Check it there before you pay.
- Where
- Apply to the Teachers Service Commission when your probation ends. Your head of institution's recommendation goes with it.
Steps
- Serve your probation. Its length is in your Letter of Probationary Appointment and is never more than six months.
- When probation ends, apply to TSC for confirmation of appointment on the form set out in the Code of Regulations for Teachers.
- TSC looks at your head of institution's recommendation, then confirms you or extends your probation by up to six months.
- Once confirmed, TSC issues you a Letter of Confirmation. Keep it safe.
Watch out
- If your probation is extended, TSC will either confirm you or end your appointment when the extra period is over.
- Moving from the public service on permanent and pensionable terms? You don't serve probation again.
- For general questions, email info@tsc.go.ke or call 020-2892000.
Who can apply
- Teachers appointed by TSC on permanent and pensionable terms who are serving probation.
Official sources (2)
- The Teachers Service Commission Code of Regulations for Teachers (L.N. 196 of 2015), regulation 61 new.kenyalaw.org · read 4 Oct 2026
- Teachers Service Commission - Online Services (Teachers Online) tsconline.tsc.go.ke · read 4 Oct 2026