All Teachers Issued With Regret Letters in August 2023 to Be Promoted
The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) will promote school administrators it issued with regret letters in August 2023.
An insider has revealed that TSC has no other option left but to promote them because of huge number of schools lacking headteachers/principals, deputies and senior teachers/masters as well as the recent and upcoming mass retirements.
The Commission issued the teachers with regret letters but left a room for them to re-apply in future promotion adverts.
Some of those issued with regret letters, were deputy headteachers acting as headteachers and were seeking to be confirmed.
Many however lacked the degree certificate which the Commission prioritizes for those seeking headship position.
As of July 2023 TSC data showed that 3,359 public schools did not have head teachers.
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Some 1,918 public primary schools did not have head teachers while another 1,441 secondary schools did not have principals.
Cumulatively, some 3,359 public primary and secondary schools did not have the much-needed institutional leadership at a time when the government is rolling out critical reforms in the Education sector.
However the Commission advertised 14,738 teacher promotions to fill up the vacancies. It called for applications in January this year, then March and another in May after failing to attract the required number of applicants.
A good number of those who attended interviews in March in their counties were posted to schools during second school term.
The successful teachers were posted to schools outside their sub counties but within their counties.
TSC CEO Nancy Macharia has been faulting teachers for missing out on promotions and for their own stagnation.
She accused teachers of not being willing to apply for promotion opportunities in other counties.
In an address to primary headteachers during the 20th Kenya Primary School Heads Association (Kepsha) Conference in Mombasa this week, Macharia said that the government has set aside sh 1billion in the financial year 2023/2024 for promotion of36,505 teachers.
She said the Commission will conduct interviews to fill 36,505 vacancies it advertised in September this year. Of these 17,914 posts will to go to primary school staff.
She lamented over the failure of teachers to turn out for the interviews, a factor she observes has starved schools with low numbers of teachers, putting pressure on the teachers already employed by TSC.
“I wish to inform you that, in the past, the Commission has failed to attract enough applicants for promotional positions even after lowering the requirements. This is more prevalent in Special Needs Education where we are having a serious shortage. I wish to encourage those who have been invited for the interviews from 4th December 2023 to ensure that they attend without failure. Please encourage your teachers not to shy off from taking up responsibilities,” she stated.
TSC Career Progression Guidelines (CPG) states that a teacher cannot skip a job group in any form.
