Macharia told the National Assembly Education Committee that she will call for applications for promotions this week.

Promotions of teachers who have attained higher qualifications have been a sticky point between TSC and Knut.

A Ministry of Labour conciliation report released recently between Knut and TSC revealed that 11,950 teachers have not been promoted.

The matter is now subject of a court process.According to the report, Knut said 30,000 teachers who had advanced their education to get better pay or promotion had been waiting for the last four years to be elevated.

The seven-member conciliation committee heard that the last time teachers were promoted was in 2014.

“Some teachers are due to retire after serving in the same grade for 15 years, despite excelling in their careers and having clean records of service delivery,” said Knut.

Knut said TSC went against the 2016-2021 CBA to introduce new regulations on promotions.

The union said TSC should have used the existing scheme of service that detailed career progression for non-graduate teachers, graduate teachers, technical teachers and lecturers.

“The career progression guidelines were introduced by TSC without consultation, which in essence replaced academic qualifications, thereby denying teachers promotion. These guidelines are not recognised and provided for in the code of regulations of teachers,” Knut said.

TSC argued that it could not promote its employees based on academic papers only. “Promotions cannot be based on higher qualifications only, as that criteria contravenes the CBA,” TSC said.

It says the old approach to promotions ended when they signed the July 1, 2017 CBA.It also claimed that the CBA automatically promoted many teachers, beyond the projected number.

Macharia told the National Assembly Education Committee that she will call for applications for promotions this week.

Promotions of teachers who have attained higher qualifications have been a sticky point between TSC and Knut.

A Ministry of Labour conciliation report released recently between Knut and TSC revealed that 11,950 teachers have not been promoted.

The matter is now subject of a court process.According to the report, Knut said 30,000 teachers who had advanced their education to get better pay or promotion had been waiting for the last four years to be elevated.

The seven-member conciliation committee heard that the last time teachers were promoted was in 2014.

“Some teachers are due to retire after serving in the same grade for 15 years, despite excelling in their careers and having clean records of service delivery,” said Knut.

Knut said TSC went against the 2016-2021 CBA to introduce new regulations on promotions.

The union said TSC should have used the existing scheme of service that detailed career progression for non-graduate teachers, graduate teachers, technical teachers and lecturers.

“The career progression guidelines were introduced by TSC without consultation, which in essence replaced academic qualifications, thereby denying teachers promotion. These guidelines are not recognised and provided for in the code of regulations of teachers,” Knut said.

TSC argued that it could not promote its employees based on academic papers only. “Promotions cannot be based on higher qualifications only, as that criteria contravenes the CBA,” TSC said.

It says the old approach to promotions ended when they signed the July 1, 2017 CBA.It also claimed that the CBA automatically promoted many teachers, beyond the projected number.