TSC Releases List Of Promoted And Newly Appointed Teachers

The Teachers Service Commission, TSC, has been on the spot for allegedly failing to disclose the full details pertaining to the selection criteria it uses to appoint teachers who apply for promotions to higher grades.

During the recently concluded TSC promotions last year, there were speculations that TSC may have ignored all the other factors and promoted teachers who applied for senior master and senior teacher positions based on the length of service.

The Kenya National Union of Teachers, KUPPET has been forging for TSC to declare the promotion of teachers to C4 in secondary schools-senior masters positions automatic so that it can be categorized as a common cadre grade. TSC has however stood its ground.

The only hope in the offing is the expansion of TSC promotion grades for senior teachers and senior masters that are likely to be affected this year after TSC received the 2022-2023 budgetary allocation.

Owing to the allegation against TSC, the commission has released the complete details on all teachers it has promoted for the last three years.

This promotion list comprises the name of the county and region, and the number of promoted and newly employed teachers every year since the 2018/2019 fiscal year cycle.

A total of 18,585 secondary school teachers have been appointed by TSC in the last there years with Kakamega county taking the largest share of 771 teachers appointed in the successive years followed by Bungoma and Kitui with 597 and 584 respectively.

Counties that took the least shares of appointments among the 18,585 teachers were Isiolo, Lamu, and Tana River counties with 32, 61, and 76 respectively.

The TSC has revealed the criteria used in promoting teachers. According to the Commission’s revelation, a number of factors were considered in coming up with the final list of promoted teachers.