EXPLAINER: Why Teachers’ Promotions Is Delayed, TSC Outlines Reasons
The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has attributed delays in teacher promotions to inadequate funding, dismissing claims that it has deliberately stalled career progression for educators.
Acting Chief Executive Officer Evaleen Mitei explained that promotions are dependent on budget allocations and cannot be implemented without sufficient funding from the government.
“What teachers need to understand is that promotions happen based on availability of funding,” she said.
“So, the delay is not because of the commission. Our main challenge is funding, it is not a deliberate delay.”
Her remarks came in response to criticism from the Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET), which has accused the commission of failing to safeguard teachers’ welfare by delaying promotions for months.
Mitei said the Ksh2 billion allocated for this year’s promotion exercise will enable the commission to promote 34,016 teachers, describing it as evidence of TSC’s commitment to career progression.
In addition to funding, the CEO reiterated that promotions are guided by Career Progression Guidelines and cannot be awarded automatically based on individual expectations or annual performance.
“Our teachers expect that if you do well in games this year, you will be promoted, then next year, you will be promoted again,” Mitei said.
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“That is not possible. We also have to adhere to the provisions of the regulations.”
She added, “I want to assure our teachers that the commission is committed to promotion, but we will promote them within the provisions of the career progression guidelines.”
The clarification comes after TSC announced a total of 54,016 vacancies last week, including the mentioned 34,016 promotion opportunities.
The commission invited eligible teachers to apply for promotion vacancies across several grades, with applications to be submitted through the online portal by August 10.
TSC’s advertised promotions included 13,490 Senior Teacher II vacancies, 5,956 Senior Master IV positions and 4,210 Senior Teacher I posts.
It also opened applications for the recruitment of 20,000 post-primary teachers to support the rollout of the Competency-Based Education (CBE) curriculum in Junior Schools.
EXPLAINER: Why Teachers’ Promotions Is Delayed, TSC Outlines Reasons
