The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has promoted 10,000 teachers. The promotion follows interviews that were conducted in the months of March and April.
The promotions will take effect on May 3. “Letters for the successful applicants will be released to respective TSC county directors starting Monday (tomorrow) for onward transmission to the teachers. It is anticipated that all letters will have been dispatched in two weeks’ time,” TSC’s head of communication Kihumba Kamotho said.
The teachers were among 27,000 short-listed for interviews conducted by the commission in February in various parts of the country.
They include 2,351 secondary school teachers who have been promoted from Job Group ‘L’ to ‘M’ and 1,800 secondary school teachers who have moved from Job Group ‘M’ to ‘N’.
Another 943 secondary school principals and deputies have been promoted to Job Group ‘N’ from ‘M’.
Mr Kamotho added that 1,500 head teachers and deputies in primary schools have been promoted from Job Group ‘L’ to ‘M’ while 1,011 and 469 classroom teachers in primary schools will move to Job Groups ‘M’ and ‘N’ respectively.
“Some 500 graduate head teachers and deputies in primary schools have been promoted from Job Group ‘G’ and ‘H’ to Job Group ‘K’,” he added.
Other staff who have been promoted to Job Group ‘M’ and ‘N’, Mr Kamotho said, include lecturers in Technical and Vocational Education and Training Institutions (TVET), Curriculum Support Officers, tutors in teacher training colleges, Centre for Mathematics, Science and Technology Education in Africa (Cemastea) and EARC officers.
