The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) will this year promote 12,634 teachers.
CEO Nancy Macharia said they will spend at least Sh2.2 billion to promote the teachers who have stagnated in the same job group for many years.
Dr Macharia said Sh600 million will be used to move 4,595 primary school teachers, currently in Job Group C1, to Job Group C2.
Another Sh400 million will be used to promote 2,637 graduate teachers to Group C4 from Group C3. Over Sh175 million will be needed to promote 652 graduate teachers in Grade D3 to Grade D4.
“Another 4,750 diploma teachers in Job Group C2 will require Sh1 million to be promoted to Job Group C3,” she told the National Assembly Education Committee.
The education committee’s chairman Julius Melly urged the commission to compensate and promote teachers who had stagnated in the same job group for many years as well as those who have been working in an acting capacity.
“How will the teachers who have been acting as principals, deputies or heads of a department be compensated? Failing to promote them means their retirement package will be affected,” Melly said.
Macharia said the stagnation of teachers in the same job groups was due to the lack of funds and asked the government to provide the Sh2,175,038,528 they needed to carry out the teacher promotion.
“We have been unable to promote teachers because of financial constraints. The commission has not received funds to promote teachers since the implementation of the 2021-2025 Collective Bargaining Agreement CBA. This has tainted the commission’s image,” Macharia said.
Malava MP Malulu Injendi sought to understand what TSC’s priorities were in its strategic plan.
“We have seen in your tabulations. You want us to give you Sh2.1 billion towards a Teacher Professional Development (TPD) programme to improve their pedagogical skills, management skills and learning outcome,” Injendi said.
He added: “Between the TPD programme and teachers’ promotions, which is your priority area.”
Macharia said: “To address the problem, the commission requires Sh2.2 million to promote teachers. Those teachers who were employed as interns will be absorbed under permanent and pensionable terms, paving the way for new cohorts of teachers to be admitted to the commission.”
Melly asked the commission to provide the roadmap for reforms and innovations in the provision of teaching services to learners in the delivery of curriculum in schools.
He observed that as of now, learning in some Grade Seven classes is at standstill due to a shortage of teachers. He said this denies learners equity and inclusivity in the management of the teacher resource.
“In some schools, there is not even a single Junior Secondary School teacher, and in others, the ministry has only posted one. It is the reason we are calling on TSC to move fast to address the problem of shortage of teachers,” Melly said.
Macharia assured the committee that the commission’s focus areas are the recruitment of additional teachers to address the existing shortage and the building of the capacities of teachers on the competence-based curriculum.
TSC promised to employ more teachers as long as the government provides resources.
“The commission wishes to review the 2021-2025 CBA on salaries with an aim to motivate teachers under the employment of the commission,” Macharia said.
Macharia observed that an additional 450 secondary school teachers will be hired.
“We had a budget to hire 36,000 teachers last year. We managed to hire 35,550 teachers,” Macharia said.
Most of the primary school trcs are in c1. Even those that have worked for 50+ years…CBA was unfair to them
Delocalization n deployment has left most institutions with acting administrators. Has tsc taken data in the same?
I hate a situation in which the government speak volumes and do little or nothing
TSC should remember that C5 cohort are graduates too. They also need to be moved to D1 as administrators. As they promote graduate, all must be considered. The exams were similar and they all satisfied the Senate.
Let the parliamentary committee on education allocate funds for TSC and SRC to review teachers’ salaries. We are simply tired with CBC, TPD, transfers, employment, deployment, interns and AON news…
Let the parliamentary committee on education allocate funds for TSC and SRC to review teachers’ salaries. We are simply tired with JSS, CBC, TPD, transfers, employment, deployment, interns and KNEC, AON news…
Are teachers who have overstayed in C4 going to move to C5 ?
I didnt see the reply to Hon.injendis question.what is your priority btwn tod and promotion of trs??
I didnt see the reply to Hon.injendis question.”what is your priority btwn tpd and promotion of trs??”
July is not far…… let’s wait and see.
A nice move by TSC. Teachers need to be motivated….
C4s are also graduates the government should remember them.Another thing is that the C4s who are the Dep Htrs are assisting in the administration of the JSS but as the Htrs filled forms recently,the C4s didn’t fill any form.Why not and yet they are assisting in the administration of the JSS.Hapo C4s wamechezwa.Ama namna gani ?
C4s are also graduates the government should remember them.Another thing is that the C4s who are the Dep Htrs are assisting in the administration of the JSS but as the Htrs filled forms recently,the C4s didn’t fill any form.Why not and yet they are assisting in the administration of the JSS.Hapo C4s wamechezwa.Ama namna gani ?
If there will be movement from one grade to the next, it should be applied across all grades. The only condition should be the length of stay in one grade. For example, they can consider teachers who have been in a grade for over five years and move them unconditionally.
What about c4, they should also be moved to c5 without reservation
The degree and diploma that were attained in 2014will never be awarded and the acknowledged letters are still in our boxes.
All teachers with degrees and diplomas should have been considered in the recent deployment unconditionally.
thanks alot of information goodjob
Expedite.
This is a good move by TSC but what plans do they have with teachers have degrees in education (primary option)?
Primary school trs, especially those of grade C1 who are now assigned the administrative roles by tsc subcounty offices should be confirmed for those positions. Why subjecting them to a competitive process yet they have been performing these roles? This is unfair and demoralizing teachers.
Good move
There’s a lot of injustice being done to the teachers. When CBA came, apart from the administrators, the rest were bundled up in B5 irrespective of how long one had served, being in the same group with those who had just been employed. So you find someone with over 20years experience but stuck in C1. Wasted years! Bure kabisaa!!!
Tsc to promote diploma teachers with degree like in primary to jss
Did the hdtrs fill forms assisting administration of JSS.
The national Treasury has for years failed to set aside funds for teachers’ promotion, on the other hand TSC introduced career progression guidelines to add weight on the government’s intentions to stagnate teachers . So unfortunate!
C5 to be promoted as well
It should be across,yes the administrators but not deputies,we welcome the move to have other grades promoted which is long overdue. C4 who are deputies in primary schools were short changed.If the move of promoting goes on as scheduled then we are likely to have a scenario in 2yrs that the lowest paid traffic are going to be the deputies.
Priority tpad or try promotions.
What is the fate of 1997 retired teachers pension??? For how long are they to suffer? Hii Kenya!!!
The issue is, let us wait and see whether it will be implemented
I agree with TSC that teachers should be promoted as a matter of motivation to them. They should also improve their salaries because the living standard is very high.
I agree with TSC that teachers should be promoted as a matter of motivation to them. They should also improve their salaries because the living standard is very high.
I agree motivation of teachers is paramount to match the high cost of living we are experiencing . Tsc need to promote teachers on acting capacity for long. How can one earn 30k and another one 70k with the same responsibilities. Kindly tsc should be JUST OR FAIR TO ITS EMPLOYEES
How about those who had c plain and degree?they should be promoted too even if they aren’t deployed…they engaged their slips to enable them progress in their career….
Can tsc clarify the criteria of moving a tcher from one grade to another given that a good number has stagnated for years now?
Let tsc be considerate in remunerating all its work force so as to benefit everyone in all job groups
TSC advertise promotion for around 14700 teachers and the teachers in those job group applied.should they wait for the July promotion .TSC should clarify that