Teachers who were recently promoted by the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) will have to wait longer before they can start seeing changes in their salaries.
TSC promoted 21,383 teachers and started posting them to schools in January following October 2025 promotion interviews.
However majority of the teachers haven’t received a cent after they reported to their stations to take their new roles.
| Advert Name | TSC Scale | Posts |
| Chief principal – Regular | D5 | 99 |
| Chief principal – TTC | D5 | 6 |
| Senior Principal – Regular | D4 | 490 |
| Senior Principal – TTC | D4 | 6 |
| Principal – Regular | D3 | 674 |
| Principal – SNE | D3 | 2 |
| Deputy Principal II – Regular | D2 | 971 |
| Deputy Principal II – TTC | D2 | 15 |
| Deputy Principal II – SNE | D2 | 4 |
| Senior Lecturer I – TTC | D2 | 23 |
| Senior Curriculum Support Officer | D2 | 19 |
| Curriculum Support Officer I | D1 | 56 |
| Deputy Principal III – Regular | D1 | 847 |
| Senior Head Teacher – Regular | D1 | 1,400 |
| Senior Head Teacher – SNE | D1 | 14 |
| Senior Lecturer II – TTC | D1 | 44 |
| Curriculum Support Officer II – Regular | C5 | 111 |
| Curriculum Support Officer II – SNE | C5 | 134 |
| Head-Teacher – Regular | C5 | 1,872 |
| Senior Lecturer III – TTC | C5 | 43 |
| Senior Master III – Regular | C5 | 737 |
| Deputy Head-Teacher II – Regular | C4 | 3,547 |
| Deputy Head-Teacher II – SNE | C4 | 19 |
| Senior Lecturer IV – TTC | C4 | 59 |
| Senior Master IV – Regular | C4 | 850 |
| Senior Master IV – SNE | C4 | 3 |
| Lecturer I – TTC | C3 | 18 |
| Secondary Teacher I – (Diploma) Regular | C3 | 994 |
| Senior Teacher I – Regular | C3 | 3,244 |
| Senior Teacher I – SNE | C3 | 141 |
| Senior Teacher II – Regular | C2 | 4,683 |
| Senior Teacher II – SNE | C2 | 188 |
TSC is currently struggling with pending bills. The Commission has not paid a significant number of intern teachers who were posted to schools in January.
TSC has also not paid majority of teachers it recruited on replacement in January.
The government has however initiated a supplementary budget to address gaps affecting its key ministries.
The promoted teachers are however likely to receive payment for their new grades after the July budget.
Promotion slots are likely to go up this year after a pledge by President William Ruto who committed to increase the number of teacher promotions from 25,000 to 50,000 annually.
Speaking during a State House meeting with teachers, Ruto said his government will increase allocation for teacher promotions from sh 1 billion to sh 2 billion yearly.
TSC acting CEO, Eveleen Mitei, already presented a sh 422 budget estimates for consideration by Parliament.
In the budget sh 2 billion are for teacher promotions, sh 7.2 billion for conversion of 20,000 junior school intern teachers to permanent and pensionable terms, and sh 16.5 billion for SHA medical cover.
TSC declared a total of 14,034 teacher promotions in December 2022, 36,275 in September 2023, 25,633 in 2024 and 21,313 in August 2025 bringing the total promotions to 97,255 since President Ruto’s tenure.
TSC PROMOTION SCORESHEET 2025 – 2026
1) ACADEMIC AND PROFFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
PhD – 3
Masters – 2
Degree – 1
Maximum 3 Marks
NOTE: Only one, highest qualification, to be awarded
2) TSC (TIMEC/CBC/CEMASTEA County trainers), KNEC (examiners/item developers), KICD (panelist/book evaluator)
Maximum 2 Marks
3) ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITY AND LENGTH OF STAY IN CURRENT GRADE
i)Responsibility
(Marks awarded for performance of administrative duties – This shall apply to those who are performing duties of Head o Deputy Head Teacher OR had earlier acted as such through deployment by the Commission or BOM)
Maximum 25 Marks
| No. of years as administrator | Marks |
| 7 years and above | 25 |
| 6 Years | 22 |
| 5 Years | 18 |
| 4 Years | 14 |
| 3 Years | 10 |
| 2 Years | 6 |
| 6 months (Below 1 year) | 2 |
ii)Length of stay in current grade
(Marks awarded for length of stay in current grade)
Maximum 30 Marks
| No. of years in grade | Marks |
| 7 year and above | 30 |
| 6 years | 25 |
| 5 Years | 20 |
| 4 Years | 15 |
| 3 years | 10 |
| 2 Years | 5 |
| 6 months – 1 year | 3 |
4) PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT
TPAD Rating
(Marks awarded for the average Marks in the last 3 years)
Maximum 10 Marks
| Rating Scale | TPAD Marks | Marks |
| 5 | 81% and above | 10 |
| 4 | 61% – 80% | 8 |
| 3 | 41% – 60% | 6 |
| 2 | 21% – 40% | 4 |
| 1 | 1% – 20% | 2 |
5) AGE
Age of the teacher
Maximum 30 Marks
| Age of Teacher | Marks |
| 57 and above | 30 |
| 52 to 56 years | 25 |
| 47 to 51 years | 20 |
| 42 to 46 years | 15 |
| 41 years and below | 10 |
TOTAL MARKS 100