The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) will this week kick off promotion interviews in a number of sub counties as it seeks to fill 19,943 promotion vacancies it recently declared.
The interviews will start on Wednesday 15th January 2025 inline with the Commission roadmap for promotion of teachers.
TSC is planning to promote primary school teachers who have stagnated in job group C3 to be deputy headteachers in 2025.
Sources have revealed TSC is struggling to fill administrative vacancies in primary schools after mass retirements and a looming July 2025 mass retirements of headteachers and deputies.
Many schools have C4 and C3 acting as Heads of Institutions (HOI) and Deputy Heads of Institutions (DHOI) and the Commission seeks to confirm them.
TSC already invited teacher applicants to pick their invitation letters after shortlisting them for the interviews.
TSC has advertised 19,943 promotion vacancies for teachers from job group C1 to job group D4 after being allocated sh 1 billion by Treasury.
The Commission had on 17th December declared the slots through an advert and asked teachers to apply online.
TSC invited teachers from primary to post primary institutions to apply online for the promotion vacancies.
Shortlisted teachers will be required to carry their national Identity Card (ID), academic certificates and Teacher Performance Appraisal and Development (TPAD) ratings for the last three years.
Those in acting capacity will be required to produce letters for the acting positions.
Appointment letters and letters of appointment to the current grades will also be required.
Those with disabilities will have to produce their disability membership card as evidence of registration.
However TSC says successful candidates must produce the five Chapter 6 documents before they are awarded their positions and posted to schools where vacancies are available.
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)
TSC scoresheet shows preference will be given to teachers based on their period of service, TPAD and age.
Teachers have however protested after TSC lowered the period for acting to six months which they say will be used for backdoor promotion of undeserving teachers.
TSC data shows at least 3,300 school heads and deputies are currently serving in acting capacities.
The commission plans to confirm the teachers and place them to their new roles starting January.
At least 3,359 public schools are lacking a head of institution. Data from TSC show that 1,918 primary schools lack a headteacher while 1,441 secondary schools lack a principal.
TSC blames shortage of teachers qualified to head schools as well as many new schools registered that creates more complication.
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)
