7,000 teachers promoted after rigorous interviews

Teachers service commission CEO Nancy Macharia

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has announced the promotion of 7,402 teachers.

Chief Executive Nancy Macharia said most of the 5,067 promoted were P1 teachers belonging to the lowest cadre - job group G. They will now move to job group H. Another 1,037 Approved Teacher Four (AT IV) under job group H will be promoted to job group J.

At least 1,298 teachers in higher job groups have also been promoted. This is the biggest number of teachers TSC has promoted at once.

"These teachers were promoted after completing the Teachers Proficiency Course (TPC) conducted every year," said Ms Macharia.

Secondary and post-secondary teachers have also been promoted to senior positions in job groups P, Q and R after interviews. Principals of national, extra-county, county and sub-county schools fall under this category.

"This is the highest number of teachers ever to be promoted to the senior teaching and institutional management positions at ago," she said.

Others under this category are principals and lecturers of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (Tivet), diploma colleges and teacher training colleges.

Also in this category are those teaching at the Kenya Institute of Special Education (KISE), Centre for Mathematics, Science and Technology in East Africa (CEMASTEA) and Technical Training Institutes (TTIs).

"Also promoted are teachers in secondary schools, special schools, teachers advisory centre tutors and educational assessment resource centre officers," said Macharia.

TSC STRATEGY

In a statement, Macharia said the promotions were part of TSC's strategy to address career progression in the teaching service.

"We seek to motivate and retain teachers by continuously addressing their terms and conditions of service," she added.

She cautioned against fraudsters collecting money from teachers by promising them promotions.

"Appointments to all positions in TSC are based on set performance criteria and merit," said Macharia.

Data released by TSC shows that 846 teachers have been promoted to job group P.

"These will go to principals of national schools, extra-county, county and sub-county schools who were serving under job group N," she said.