The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has concluded promotion interviews for primary school teachers countrywide.
The Commission had advertised 25,288 promotion slots for both primary and post primary school teachers.
TSC first advertised 5,690 promotion slots for school administrators through Advert 1 to 4 of 2024 which run from 12th to 18th November, 2024.
TSC then on 17th December 2024 advertised additional 19,943 slots for teachers from job group C1 to D3 to apply online.
Of these 16,109 slots went to primary schools while a total of 9,179 positions went to post primary institutions.
This years promotions just like last years registered a huge number of teachers applying for the various advertised positions.
According to TSC a total of 189,000 teachers applied for promotions and were shortlisted where 96,640 were primary school teachers and 44,043 were post primary school teachers.
This years promotion interviews was different from last years as not so many questions were asked by the interviewing panels.
The promotion interviews for primary school teachers which started on 13th January ended on 23rd January 2025.
The interview panels which consisted of Sub County Directors, Human Resource Officers and Curriculum Support Officers largely restricted on documents verification.
Teachers were required to present their ID’s, academic and some other documents for verification during the interviews.
However the promotion scoresheet shows aged teachers are more likely to be promoted.
In the scoresheet teachers aged fifty five years and above have been awarded 30 marks.
Those aged fifty to fifty four have been awarded 26 marks while those aged forty five to forty nine have been awarded 22 marks.
Teachers aged forty to forty four have scored 18 marks while those aged thirty to thirty nine have scored 14 marks in the scoresheet.
A brief check into the promotion scoresheet used by the Commission in this years interviews.
Academic Qualification
Masters -5 Marks
Degree – 3 Marks
Diploma – 1 Mark
Knec Examiner
4 Marks
Length of Stay in Current Grade
7 years and above – 50Marks
6 years – 40 Marks
5 years – 30 Marks
4 years – 20 Marks
3 years – 10 Marks
TPAD Rating
81+ 10 Marks
61- 80 – 8 Marks
41-60 – 6 Marks
21 – 40 – 4 Marks
1- 20 – 2 Marks
Age
55+ years 30 Marks
50-54 – 26 Marks
45-49 – 22 Marks
40-44 – 18 Marks
30-39 – 14 Marks
Presentation
1 – Mark
Those successful will be contacted to pick their promotion letters and will be posted to schools where there are vacancies.
The unsuccessful ones will be issued with regret letters and can try their luck next time. TSC was allocated sh 1 billion for promoting teachers this year.
TSC is facing mass retirements of teachers end of June and August this year and the promotions seek to address the numerous vacancies left by HOI’s and DHOI’s who retired and others planned to exit this year.
Those successful will produce the five Chapter 6 documents to complete their promotions.
Chapter 6 of the constitution requires that persons working for the public sector, otherwise known as state officials, exhibit leadership and integrity.
As a result, employers need clearance certificates to confirm that the employee exhibits personal integrity, competence and suitability.
Below are the five documents that are mandatory inline with Chapter six of the Kenyan Constitution on ‘Leadership and Integrity’.
- Valid Certificate of Good Conduct from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI)
- Clearance Certificate from the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB)
- Tax Compliance Certificate from Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA)
- Clearance from Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC)
- A Clearance Certificate from an approved Credit Reference Bureau (CRB)
LIST OF DOCUMENTS TEACHERS TO PRESENT DURING PROMOTION INTERVIEWS
Kindly note that the number of documents to present depends on nature of the promotion vacancy. Classroom teacher will have less documents compared to those seeking higher administrative positions.
1) Original Identity Card (ID)
2) Original academic certificates (KCSE, PTE, Diploma and Degree certificates)
3) Letter of appointment to current grade
4) Latest payslip
5) Last promotional letter
6) Letter assigning responsibility of HOI/DHOI
7) Performance appraisal reports (TPAD) for 2021, 2022, 2023
8) Any other testimonials
LIST OF DOCUMENTS TEACHER TO PRESENT AFTER PROMOTION INTERVIEWS
1) Valid Certificate of Good Conduct from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI)
2) Clearance Certificate from the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB)
3) Tax Compliance Certificate from Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA)
4) Clearance from Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC)
5) A Clearance Certificate from an approved Credit Reference Bureau (CRB)
