TSC-promoted teachers start to get their appointment letters.
A total of 23,388 teachers who have been promoted following January and February promotion interviews have started to be issued with appointment and posting letters.
The Commission has also published a complete list of teachers who have been promoted for each county which was shared to TSC County and Sub County Directors.
The promotion letters were sent to County Directors to print and issue to successful teachers.
Details show a number of Counties have started to deploy the teachers to schools with vacancies.
The postings come after the National Assembly Committee on Education chaired by Tinderet Member of Parliament Julius Melly cleared TSC to proceed with promotions.
This is however short of 25,252 teachers the Commission had sought to promote following the interviews.
The move comes after the National Assembly allocated Sh1 billion to support promotions, which covered only 5,690 of the 25,252 vacancies.
The MPs had raised queries after it emerged a total of 5,291 teachers were unfairly promoted as they did not meet the minimum three year requirement inline with Career Progression Guidelines (CPG).
The legislatures heaped a myriad of accusations on TSC promotions terming them biased and discriminatory.
Among the accusations included promotion of teachers to next grade before completion of three years inline with CPG, discrimination where some junior teachers were promoted while others who served for longer periods left, some counties and regions getting more promotion slots than others.
In a status report addressed to the Education Committee on 27th May, TSC indicated that a total of 1,864 teachers were removed from the initial promotion list that was published early in April in compliance with the Committees resolution.
TSC CEO Nancy Macharia said the teachers were dropped because they did not meet the minimum three year requirement inline with CPG for teachers.
“In compliance with the Committees recommendations, the balance of 1,864 teachers who were promoted but have not met the requisite three year requirement has been removed from the promotion list,” said Macharia.
“In compliance with the Committees resolutions, the vacancies created from the above have been redistributed proportionally across the country based on the number of interviewed applicants,” she added.
TSC is also rolling out plan to develop promotion guidelines that will clearly outline standardised criteria and procedures.
Macharia, informed the National Assembly Committee on Education that the new framework would ensure a fair, transparent, and accountable promotion process.
This announcement follows concerns over the recent promotion of 5,291 teachers who had not served the mandatory three years in their current grades, as stipulated in the Career Progression Guidelines.
Dr Macharia explained that the three-year requirement had been waived in some cases to promote fairness and address historical staffing challenges, including acting appointments and underrepresentation in marginalised regions.
She noted that an analysis conducted by the Commission prior to advertising promotion vacancies revealed a shortage of qualified applicants in specific counties.
For instance, in the case of Grade D3 (Principal), there were insufficient teachers in Grade D2 who had served the requisite three years. As a result, the experience requirement was reduced to six months nationwide.
Similarly, for the Deputy Principal III (D1) position, the requirement was waived for 18 counties including Migori, Narok, Busia, and Mandera.
In response to criticism from MPs, who claimed the process was biased, the TSC was given seven days to provide a comprehensive report.
Dr Macharia also revealed plans to automate the promotion process via the teachers’ online system, allowing for digital applications, shortlisting, interview feedback, and issuance of promotion letters.
This, she said, would eliminate human error and improve transparency.
The Commission has also introduced a standardised interview scoring system, considering factors such as performance appraisals, leadership experience, age, and academic contribution.
Additionally, a predictable promotion policy now allows automatic progression for teachers in common cadre grades, provided they meet the three-year service requirement and maintain satisfactory performance.
The TSC further committed to progressive promotion in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs), where many teachers serve in lower grades while performing administrative roles, without appropriate recognition or allowances.
The Commission aims to align these teachers’ grades with their responsibilities through affirmative action measures.
Those successful will however have to produce the five Chapter 6 documents to complete their promotions.
Chapter 6 of the constitution requires that persons working for the public sector, otherwise known as state officials, exhibit leadership and integrity.
As a result, employers need clearance certificates to confirm that the employee exhibits personal integrity, competence and suitability.
Below are the five documents that are mandatory inline with Chapter six of the Kenyan Constitution on ‘Leadership and Integrity’.
- Valid Certificate of Good Conduct from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI)
- Clearance Certificate from the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB)
- Tax Compliance Certificate from Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA)
- Clearance from Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC)
- A Clearance Certificate from an approved Credit Reference Bureau (CRB)
TSC is currently seeking additional funds to promote 20,000 teachers this year.
TSC LIST OF 19,943 ADVERTISED PROMOTION VACANCIES
1. 5/2024 Chief Principal (Regular School) T- Scale 15 Grade D5 Vacancies 44
2. 6/2024 Chief Principal (TTC) T- Scale 15 Grade D5 Vacancies 3
3. 7/2024 Senior Principal (Regular School) T- Scale 14 Grade D4 Vacancies 126
4. 8/2024 Senior Principal (TTC) T- Scale 14 Grade D4 Vacancies 3
5. 9/2024 Principal (Regular School) T- Scale 13 Grade D3 Vacancies 652
6. 10/2024 Deputy Principal I (TTC) T- Scale 13 Grade D3 Vacancies 3
7. 11/2024 Deputy Principal II (Secondary School) T- Scale 12 Grade D2 Vacancies 786
8. 12/2024 Senior Lecturer I (TTC) T-Scale 12 Grade D2 13
9. 13/2024 Deputy Principal III(Regular School) T- Scale 11 Grade D1 Vacancies 1,408
10. 14/2024 Senior Lecturer II (TTC) T- Scale 11 Grade D1 Vacancies 32
11. 15/2024 Senior Master II (secondary SNE) T- Scale 11 Grade D1 Vacancies 2
12. 16/2024 Senior Master III (Regular School) T- Scale 10 Grade C5 Vacancies 1,987
13. 17/2024 Senior Lecturer III (TTC) T- Scale 10 Grade C5 Vacancies 61
14. 18/2024 Senior Master III (secondary SNE) T- Scale 10 Grade C5 Vacancies 6
15. 19/2024 Senior Master IV T- Scale 9 Grade C4 Vacancies 2,221
16. 20/2024 Senior Lecturer IV (TTC) T- Scale 9 Grade C4 Vacancies 70
17. 21/2024 Secondary Teacher I(Diploma teachers only) T- Scale 8 Grade C3 Vacancies 184
18. 22/2024 Lecturer 1 T-Scale 8 Grade C3 Vacancies 7
19. 23/2024 Senior Head teacher (Regular) T- Scale 11 Grade D1 Vacancies 254
20. 24/2024 Senior Head teacher (SNE) T- Scale 11 Grade D1 Vacancies 7
21. 25/2024 Head-Teacher (Regular School) T- Scale 10 Grade C5 Vacancies 2,130
22. 26/2024 Head Teacher (SNE Primary School) T- Scale 10 Grade C5 Vacancies 33
23. 27/2024 Deputy Head-teacher II (Regular Primary School) T- Scale 9 Grade C4 Vacancies 3,653
24. 28/2024 Deputy Head-teacher II (SNE) T- Scale 9 Grade C4 Vacancies 33
25. 29/2024 Senior Teacher I (Regular Primary School) T- Scale 8 Grade C3 Vacancies 4,703
26. 30/2024 Senior Teacher I (SNE Primary School) T- Scale 8 Grade C3 Vacancies 77
27. 31/2024 Senior Teacher II (Regular Primary School) T- Scale 7 Grade C2 Vacancies 1,364
28. 32/2024 Senior Teacher II (SNE Primary School) T- Scale 7 Grade C2 Vacancies 81
TOTAL 19,943
TSC-promoted teachers start to get their appointment letters.