The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) will begin issuing promotion letters to eligible teachers this week. This includes those who were successful in the recent promotion interviews for post-primary school teachers.
Unsuccessful candidates will also receive regret letters.
The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has published a complete list of promoted instructors, showing how the counties divided the slots.
With 690 teachers promoted, Machakos County received the most promotions, while Garissa had the fewest with 303. The list included different job grades and a varied number of posts assigned to each county.
The contentious list of 25,252 teachers who were promoted on April 2 has generated discussion, with lawmakers disputing the legitimacy of the promoted teachers’ list presented in the national assembly on the grounds that the promotions were unfair.
Regardless of the number of candidates, the commission stated that there were little differences in the positions available across counties.
In the 202/25 financial year, the TSC published data on the number of common cadre promotions and those granted under affirmative action, totaling 5,291 tutors who were promoted in 47 counties.
Isiolo County, which received 282 teacher promotions, Lamu, which received 280 teachers, and Mandera, which received 270 teachers, were the top beneficiaries in this category.
The counties with the fewest promotions were Kiambu (46 teachers), Nairobi (63), Muranga (63), and Elgeyo Marakwet and Laikipia (64 each).
Commission promotions ranged from grade C2 to D5, with the most teachers being promoted to grade C4 (8,508), followed by grade C5 (5,425).
The numbers for the other categories were 4,971 for C3, 2,519 for D1, 1,445 for C2, and 1,410 for D3.
A total of 47 teachers were promoted to D5, 128 to D4, and 799 to D2 at the executive level.
The promotions were regionally balanced and carried out correctly in accordance with the commission’s rules, according to TSC Chief Executive Officer Nancy Macharia.
The CEO, who appeared before the national assembly’s education committee, stated that the procedure followed Regulation 72 of the teachers’ code of regulations, the career progression guidelines, and the policy on choosing and hiring institutional administrators to the letter.
According to committee chair MP Julius Melly, the promotions were impartial and carried out in accordance with established procedures.
He observed that the distribution ignored population dynamics, as some teachers were promoted three times in a row while others remained in the same job group for over ten years.
The legislators will look into what they described as the repeated promotion of newly hired teachers at the expense of those who have been interviewed, shortlisted, but have never received a promotion in years.
The TSC was required to submit a complete list by Thursday of this week, indicating the teachers’ previous job groups before their promotion and the criteria used to promote the 25,252 teachers.
Moses Nthurima, the Acting Deputy Secretary-General of the Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET), condemned the Commission for its unfair promotion procedure.
He stated that the criteria disadvantaged a lot of educators, especially those in regions with a high demand for teachers.
Nthurima stated that the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) did not use a matrix for teacher promotions that takes into account years of service, performance, and academic credentials. He also questioned the promotion of teachers who have only worked for six months when the policy stipulates three years.
The Union has now mentioned the teachers’ employer’s failure to engage in consultation in its letter to the TSC, who has not yet responded to their demands.
