B5 and C1 teachers slam TSC after missing in latest promotions

Teachers Arena December 23, 2022 TSC News 14 Comments

Primary school teachers in job group B5 and C1 teachers are unhappy after Teachers Service Commission (TSC) released a promotion advert for teachers that failed to capture them.

This latest move shows that these teachers can only be promoted through a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) and not through a TSC promotion advert.

According to the recent advert released by the Commission, teachers who qualify for the promotions are those in job group C2 and above.

This means only school administrators are targeted in these promotions whose application deadline is on 23rd January 2023.

Grade B5 is the only grade found only in primary school teachers. Grade B5 also known as Primary Teacher II is the entry grade for all primary school teachers and is in T-Scale 5. All newly employed teachers fall under this category.

A newly recruited teacher in primary school will start in job group B5. A teacher in Grade B5 will however be get automatic promotion to Grade C1 after serving for three years according to Career Progression Guidelines (CPG).

Primary school teachers in Grade C1 are also known as Primary Teacher I and are in T-Scale 6.

Promotion of primary school teachers in Grade C1 to C2 is not automatic. Infact in primary school Grade C2 belongs to Senior Teachers.

TSC has advertised a total of 14,738 promotional slots which are spread over Primary and Secondary schools as well as Teacher Training Colleges (TTCs).

The Commission advertised four vacancies for TTCs Chief Principal in Grade D5.

TSC is also seeking to promote 13,713 principals, deputy principals, senior masters, secondary teachers, head teachers and deputy head teachers in secondary and primary schools.

The highest vacancies in this category are Deputy Head Teacher II for regular primary schools, which has 7,720 posts.

TSC will also promote 2,733 head teachers for regular primary schools, 1,330 secondary teacher I, 725 Deputy Principal II, 602 principals for regular schools, 224 Deputy Principal III for secondary schools and some 208 Senior Master II.

There are also 73 vacancies for regular secondary school chief principals, 32 head teachers for Special Needs Education (SNE), 22 Deputy Head teachers for SNE schools, 17 posts for Deputy Principal I, eight principals for SNE and four Chief Principals for SNE schools.

TSC has also advertised 1,020 vacancies for teachers deployed as principals, deputy principals, teachers and deputy head teachers in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASAL) and hard-to-staff counties.

Some of the counties in this category are Baringo to cover Baringo North, Tiaty East, Tiaty West and Marigat sub-counties, Homa Bay covering Suba and Mbita, Kajiado for Mashuuru, Loitoktok and Kajiado West sub-counties, Kilifi’s Magarini Ganze areas.

Others are Isiolo, Kitui, Kwale, Mandera, Marsabit, Narok, Samburu, Taita Taveta, Tana River, Turkana, Wajir and West Pokot.

In this category, the highest vacancies are for Senior Teacher II at 284 followed by Senior Teacher I at 223, Deputy Head teacher II at 195, some 90 Senior Master IV among other ranks.

“Applicants for vacancies in ASAL and hard-to-staff counties will be required to upload the letter of deployment to the current responsibility during application. Candidates who will be successful in the interviews will be required to present valid Chapter Six documents before they are considered for appointment,” Macharia said. For the four Chief Principal vacancies, applicants will be required to have served as Senior Principal at T- Scale 14 for a minimum period of three years, have satisfactory rating in the performance appraisal and performance contracting process, meet the requirements of Chapter Six of the Constitution and meet any other requirement deemed necessary by the Commission.

The call for application comes against the backdrop of an uproar from National Assembly Education Committee seeking an explanation from TSC on delayed promotions.

The lawmakers urged TSC to explain why the commission failed to employ and promote about 15,000 teachers, some of whom have been stagnating in one position for more than five years.

The commission, however, regretted they had for the past decade not been granted additional budgetary allocations for the promotion of teachers except in July 2017 when money was allocated for salary review based on the job evaluation report conducted by the Salaries and Remuneration Commission.

For the last two weeks, TSC has also been receiving applications from teachers seeking recruitment, an exercise, which will close today.

“We thank the Government for finding resources to allow us to recruit an average of 30,550 teachers in an exercise we are expected to conclude next month. I wish to urge all unemployed teachers to apply for their jobs and inform the public that we have until December 23 for the applications,” said Macharia.

Below is the TSC promotional advert for teachers and tutors in Primary and Secondary schools and Teacher Training Colleges.

VACANCIES FOR PRINCIPALS, DEPUTY PRINCIPALS, SENIOR MASTERS, SECONDARY TEACHERS, HEAD TEACHERS AND DEPUTY HEAD TEACHERS IN SECONDARY AND PRIMARY SCHOOLS

The Teachers Service Commission is a Constitutional Commission established under article 237 of the Constitution. One of its mandate is to appoint and deploy institutional administrators.

Pursuant to this mandate, the Commission invites applications from suitably qualified teachers for the posts shown below in line with the Teachers Career Progression Guidelines.

Interested candidates, who meet the required qualifications, should submit their applications online through the TSC portal – www.teachersonline.go.ke so as to be received on or before 23^rd January, 2023. Manual applications shall not be considered.

Teachers Service Commission is an equal opportunity employer and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

ADVERT NO. 28/2022: CHIEF PRINCIPAL (REGULAR SECONDARY SCHOOL) T-SCALE 15 – 73 POSTS

REQUIREMENTS FOR APPOINTMENT

For appointment to this grade, a teacher must: –

have served as Senior Principal T-Scale 14 for a minimum period of three (3) years;
have satisfactory rating in the performance appraisal and performance contracting process;
have demonstrated ability to supervise, mentor and provide professional support to other teachers;
meet the requirements of Chapter six (6) of the Constitution; and
meet any other requirements deemed necessary by the Commission

ADVERT NO. 29/2022: CHIEF PRINCIPAL (SNE SECONDARY SCHOOL) T-SCALE 15 – 4 POSTS

(Hearing Impairment (2 posts), Multiple (1 post), Physical Impairment (1 post)

REQUIREMENTS FOR APPOINTMENT

For appointment to this grade, a teacher must: –

have served as Senior Principal T-Scale 14 for a minimum period of three (3) years;
have at least a Diploma in Special Needs Education (in the area of specialty indicated);
have satisfactory rating in the performance appraisal and performance contracting process;
have demonstrated ability to supervise, mentor and provide professional support to other teachers;
meet the requirements of Chapter six (6) of the Constitution; and
meet any other requirements deemed necessary by the Commission.

ADVERT NO. 30/2022: PRINCIPAL (REGULAR SECONDARY SCHOOL) T-SCALE 13 – 602 POSTS

REQUIREMENTS FOR APPOINTMENT

For appointment to this grade, a teacher must: –

have served as Deputy Principal II/Senior Master I T-Scale 12 for a minimum period of three (3) years;
have obtained a satisfactory rating in the performance appraisal process;
have demonstrated ability to supervise, mentor and provide professional support to other teachers;
meet the requirements of Chapter six (6) of the Constitution; and
meet any other requirement deemed necessary by the Commission.

ADVERT NO. 31/2022: PRINCIPAL (SNE SECONDARY SCHOOL) T-SCALE 13 – 8 POSTS

(Hearing Impairment (6 posts), Multiple (1 post), Physical Impairment (1 post)

REQUIREMENTS FOR APPOINTMENT

For appointment to this grade, a teacher must: –

have served as Deputy Principal II/Senior Master I T-Scale 12 for a minimum period of three (3) years;
have at least a Diploma in Special Needs Education (in the area of specialty indicated);
have obtained a satisfactory rating in the performance appraisal process;
have demonstrated ability to supervise, mentor and provide professional support to other teachers;
meet the requirements of Chapter six (6) of the Constitution; and
meet any other requirement deemed necessary by the Commission.

ADVERT NO. 32/2022: DEPUTY PRINCIPAL I T-SCALE 13 – 17 POSTS

REQUIREMENTS FOR APPOINTMENT

For appointment to this grade, a teacher must: –

have served as Deputy Principal II or Senior Master I T-Scale 12 for a minimum period of three (3) years;
have a satisfactory rating in the performance appraisal process;
meet the requirements of Chapter six (6) of the Constitution; and
meet any other requirement deemed necessary by the Commission.

ADVERT NO. 33/2022: DEPUTY PRINCIPAL II T-SCALE 12 – 725 POSTS

REQUIREMENTS FOR APPOINTMENT

For appointment to this grade, a teacher must: –

have served as Deputy Principal III or Senior Master II T-Scale 11 for a minimum period of three (3) years;
have obtained a satisfactory rating in the performance appraisal process;
meet the requirements of Chapter six (6) of the Constitution; and
meet any other requirement deemed necessary by the Commission.

ADVERT NO. 34/2022: DEPUTY PRINCIPAL III (REGULAR SECONDARY SCHOOL) T-SCALE 11 – 224 POSTS

REQUIREMENTS FOR APPOINTMENT

For appointment to this grade, a teacher must: –

have served as Senior Master III T-Scale 10 for a minimum period of three (3) years;
have obtained a satisfactory rating in the performance appraisal process;
meet the requirements of Chapter six (6) of the Constitution;
meet any other requirement deemed necessary by the Commission.

ADVERT NO. 35/2022: DEPUTY PRINCIPAL III (SNE SECONDARY SCHOOL) T-SCALE 11 – 15 POSTS

(Hearing Impairment (14 posts), Visual Impairement (1 post)

REQUIREMENTS FOR APPOINTMENT

For appointment to this grade, a teacher must: –

have served as Senior Master III T-Scale 10 for a minimum period of three (3) years;
have at least a Diploma in Special Needs Education (in the area of specialty indicated);
have obtained a satisfactory rating in the performance appraisal process;
meet the requirements of Chapter six (6) of the Constitution;
meet any other requirement deemed necessary by the Commission.

ADVERT NO. 36/2022: SENIOR MASTER II T-SCALE-11 – 208 POSTS

REQUIREMENTS FOR APPOINTMENT

For appointment to this grade, a teacher must: –

have served as a Senior Master III T-Scale 10 for a minimum period of three (3) years;
have a satisfactory rating in the performance appraisal process;
have demonstrated ability to supervise, mentor and provide support to other teachers;
meet the provisions of Chapter six (6) of the Constitution; and
meet any other requirement deemed necessary by the Commission.

ADVERT NO. 37/2022: HEAD TEACHER (REGULAR PRIMARY SCHOOL) T-SCALE 10 – 2,733 POSTS

REQUIREMENTS FOR APPOINTMENT

For appointment to this grade, a teacher must: –

have served as Deputy Head Teacher II TSC Scale 9 for a minimum period of three (3) years;
have satisfactory rating in the performance appraisal process;
have demonstrated ability to supervise, mentor and provide professional support to other teachers;
meet the requirements of Chapter Six (6) of the Constitution; and
meet any other requirement the Commission may deem necessary.

ADVERT NO. 38/2022: HEAD TEACHER (SNE PRIMARY SCHOOL) T-SCALE 10 – 32 POSTS

(Hearing Impairment (11 posts), Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities (14 posts), Multiple (3 posts), Physical Impairment (2 posts), Visual Impairement (2 posts)

REQUIREMENTS FOR APPOINTMENT

For appointment to this grade, a teacher must: –

have served as Deputy Head Teacher II TSC Scale 9 for a minimum period of three (3) years;
have at least a Diploma in Special Needs Education (in the area of specialty indicated);
have satisfactory rating in the performance appraisal process;
have demonstrated ability to supervise, mentor and provide professional support to other teachers;
meet the requirements of Chapter Six (6) of the Constitution; and
meet any other requirement the Commission may deem necessary.

ADVERT NO. 39/2022: DEPUTY HEAD TEACHER II (REGULAR PRIMARY SCHOOL) T-SCALE 9 – 7,720 POSTS

REQUIREMENTS FOR APPOINTMENT

For appointment to this grade, a teacher must: –

have served as Senior Teacher I T- Scale 8 for a minimum period of three (3) years;
have satisfactory rating in the performance appraisal;
have demonstrated ability to supervise, mentor and provide professional support to other teachers;
meet the requirements of Chapter Six (6) of the Constitution; and
meet any other requirement the Commission may deem necessary.

ADVERT NO. 40/2022: DEPUTY HEAD TEACHER II (SNE PRIMARY SCHOOL) T-SCALE 9 – 22 POSTS

(Hearing Impairment (4 posts), Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities (13 posts), Multiple (1 post), Physical Impairment (3 posts), Visual Impairement (1 post)

REQUIREMENTS FOR APPOINTMENT

For appointment to this grade, a teacher must: –

have served as Senior Teacher I T- Scale 8 for a minimum period of three (3) years;
have at least a Diploma in Special Needs Education (in the area of specialty indicated);
have satisfactory rating in the performance appraisal;
have demonstrated ability to supervise, mentor and provide professional support to other teachers;
meet the requirements of Chapter Six (6) of the Constitution; and
meet any other requirement the Commission may deem necessary.

ADVERT NO. 41/2022: SECONDARY TEACHER I T-SCALE 8 – 1,330 POSTS

REQUIREMENTS FOR APPOINTMENT

For appointment to this grade, a teacher must: –

have served as Secondary School Teacher II T-Scale 7 for a minimum period of three (3) years;
have satisfactory rating in the performance appraisal process;
meet any other requirements deemed necessary by the Commission.

NOTE:
Candidates who are successful in the interviews shall be required to present valid Chapter 6 documents before they are appointed.

SECRETARY/CHIEF EXECUTIVE