Following TSC announcement on start of release of promotion letters, teachers who are waiting for the letters should start earlier looking for the commission authorized documents to complete the process.
Teachers Service Commission TSC announced that it will start issuing letters for primary and post primary teachers who attended interviews in December and January from any time.
According to a statement made by Dr. Nancy Macharia, the promotion letters will start trickling down starting this week.
TSC listed more than one hundred and fifty thousand teachers to attend December 2023 promotion interviews.
Even with this surging number, TSC will only release36,505 promotion letters which is inline with TSC September 2023 promotion advertisement for available slots.
On the other hand, those who attended interviews but were will not be successful ,they will be issued with regret letters .
Successful teachers are also expected to start receiving promotional letters upon which they will be required to produce five of Chapter six documents to complete their promotion as their posting starts .
TSC directed that every successful teacher in the interviews must produce five documents mandatory inline with Chapter six of the Kenyan Constitution citing on Leadership and Integrity of officers.
These documents include;
- Present a Valid Certificate of Good Conduct from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations whose current cost is 1,050/-
- Present a Clearance Certificate from an approved Credit Reference Bureau (CRB) currently costing ksh. 2,200/-
- Present Clearance Certificate from the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) which is currently issued Free
- Present a Tax Compliance Certificate from Kenya Revenue Authority also current cost is Free
- Produce a Clearance from Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) whose cost is Free
Last year September 2023, TSC released an advertisement of a total of 36,505 slots for promotions for both primary and post primary school teachers .

Teachers Service Commission TSC headquarters ; image/courtesy
primary school teachers interviews were done from 4th to 15th December 2023.
TSC started the interviews for Secondary school teachers and Teacher Training College (TTC) tutors from 3rd to 16th January 2024 (last month)