A total of 1,864 teachers have been removed from the initial promotion list that was published by the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) early in April.
Fresh teachers who attended TSC promotion interviews in January and February have instead been added to take up their places.
TSC CEO Nancy Macharia in a status report says the teachers were dropped because they did not meet the minimum three year requirement inline with Career Progression Guidelines (CPG) for teachers.
“In compliance with the Committees recommendations, the balance of 1,864 teachers who were promoted but have not met the requisite three year requirement has been removed from the promotion list,” said Macharia.
“In compliance with the Committees resolutions, the vacancies created from the above have been redistributed proportionally across the country based on the number of interviewed applicants,” she added.
She however noted that in filling the vacancies priority was given to teachers who have served for seven years in one grade and have three years to retire from service.
| S/NO | COUNTY | NUMBER INTERVIEWED | TOTAL PROMOTED |
| 1 | MACHAKOS | 5547 | 762 |
| 2 | MERU | 5717 | 751 |
| 3 | KAKAMEGA | 6986 | 748 |
| 4 | MAKUENI | 5692 | 742 |
| 5 | NAKURU | 5892 | 741 |
| 6 | KIAMBU | 5401 | 719 |
| 7 | KITUI | 6529 | 715 |
| 8 | MURANG’A | 4350 | 704 |
| 9 | KISII | 6029 | 703 |
| 10 | BARINGO | 3005 | 682 |
| 11 | EMBU | 2771 | 682 |
| 12 | KISUMU | 4497 | 678 |
| 13 | BUNGOMA | 6179 | 655 |
| 14 | NAIROBI | 2184 | 649 |
| 15 | UASIN GISHU | 2947 | 627 |
| 16 | NYERI | 2909 | 617 |
| 17 | KERICHO | 3474 | 615 |
| 18 | ELGEYO MARAKWET | 2256 | 609 |
| 19 | HOMABAY | 4547 | 607 |
| 20 | SIAYA | 3467 | 595 |
| 21 | KILIFI | 3421 | 592 |
| 22 | NYAMIRA | 2772 | 591 |
| 23 | NANDI | 3497 | 572 |
| 24 | VIHIGA | 2607 | 572 |
| 25 | MIGORI | 3969 | 563 |
| 26 | TRANS NZOIA | 3015 | 561 |
| 27 | KIRINYAGA | 1984 | 556 |
| 28 | LAIKIPIA | 1928 | 555 |
| 29 | THARAKA NITHI | 2572 | 553 |
| 30 | KAJIADO | 2170 | 549 |
| 31 | BOMET | 3247 | 545 |
| 32 | WEST POKOT | 2413 | 537 |
| 33 | NAROK | 3196 | 535 |
| 34 | BUSIA | 2908 | 534 |
| 35 | NYANDARUA | 1997 | 523 |
| 36 | KWALE | 2097 | 504 |
| 37 | MOMBASA | 1197 | 419 |
| 38 | TAITA TAVETA | 981 | 347 |
| 39 | TURKANA | 1180 | 338 |
| 40 | SAMBURU | 993 | 248 |
| 41 | MARSABIT | 948 | 246 |
| 42 | TANA RIVER | 938 | 235 |
| 43 | ISIOLO | 902 | 233 |
| 44 | WAJIR | 579 | 214 |
| 45 | MANDERA | 791 | 197 |
| 46 | LAMU | 750 | 194 |
| 47 | GARISSA | 418 | 139 |
| Grand Total | 143,849 | 25,252 |
The commission said 5,291 teachers were promoted despite not meeting the three-year threshold.
Most of them took up principal and deputy headteacher roles, where the number of eligible candidates fell short of demand.
“In the just concluded promotion exercise, the number of teachers who had met the three-year requirement in the feeder grades fell significantly short of the number of vacancies,” said the commission in a statement dated May 22.
The move comes after the National Assembly allocated Sh1 billion to support promotions, which covered only 5,690 of the 25,252 vacancies.
According to the commission, a total of 1,410 teachers were promoted to principal roles under Grade D3, while 3,686 were appointed as deputy headteachers under Grade C4.
The commission said only 598 teachers had served long enough to qualify for the 1,410 principal vacancies, while 7,460 qualified for the 3,686 deputy headteacher posts.
To address the shortfall, the commission temporarily lowered the requirement to six months of service in one grade.
TSC explained that the waiver aimed to attract more applicants and address a long-standing issue of teachers working in acting positions.
“This policy decision helped ensure that the vacancies were competitively filled, especially in arid and semi-arid regions where recruitment and retention have been difficult,” said the commission.
Out of the 5,291 teachers promoted without the three-year service, 3,427 were placed in the key administrative grades of principal and deputy headteacher.
The commission requested that all teachers promoted under the temporary measure be retained, stating that the waiver had been essential to filling critical staffing gaps.
Looking ahead, the commission said it would develop and publicise standardised promotion guidelines, following public participation with teachers, unions and other stakeholders.
The new framework will also comply with constitutional principles including equity, inclusiveness and non-discrimination.
“The commission remains committed to ensuring fair and accountable processes in future promotions,” said the statement.
Final List of newly promoted teachers please
Seems to be the most intelligent person to have been at the top in TSC. Initiated unquestionable radical changes but maintained a distance of responsibility between the teachers and the government.
Tha fate of classroom teachers is not highlighted here and yet they were also affected in the concluded malicious promotions
Why shortlist 5,500 for a post that requires only 700 ,?
Since the system didn’t allow one who had not attained three years qualifications to apply how then did they know those who were in acting position and with less than tree years?
We expect the new list out and teachers be given their promotion letters ASAP. The administrators promoted to be posted in schools for smooth running.
I have worked for ten years at C2 but I was not considered. Please consider me
Tsc no. 310142
I acted as dp for two and half years,served for thirty years,spent twenty years in same grade and with all the experience herein,I was not even shortlisted for the last interviews.now with less than five years to my retirement,I wonder what the tsc has in store for me and many others like me.Trully speaking,It feels terribly devastating.
Please how do we access the promotional list
Revert to old system where three years in service earned one automatic promotion to the next grade.They will avoid all these inconveniences.