The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has indicated lack of funds being reason for not promoting all the teachers who appeared before the commission for promotions interviews.
When TSC announced for promotions vacancies ,over one hundred and fifty teachers submitted their interests for consideration.
According to the commission,it only filled gaps that were created by natural attrition of teachers .
While defending defending itself, TSC has indicated that it only received 1 billion in the current year for promotions instead of the 2.2 billion allocation that they had requested from the government .
The commission has decided to come out clear after protests from teachers who attended interviews with expectations to get promotions to higher levels.
TSC promoted a total of 36,505 teachers in the recently released results, publishing the promotion advertisement number and the TSC number of the successful teachers.
Speaking on Friday, the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KUPPET) secretary Akello Misori has now declared that it will push the national government to release more funds for TSC to promote the remaining teachers.
The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) headquarters in Upper Hill, Nairobi ; Image/File
According to Misori, there are about 130,000 teachers who were left out for the Promotions, majority of whom have Stagnated in the same job group for years now.
Misori further has indicated that the issue of teacher job stagnation is really hurting TSC teachers with some deciding to quit the profession following numerous frustrations for lack of promotions.
Am a teacher who was employed in 2003 got the automatic promotion to job group L in 2006 which is the current C3 which I received a letter in 2017.Have been HOD Guidance and counselling and Humanities.On transfer to my current station have been appointed again as HOD Technical and Applied Sciences and now 48 years but still in grade C3 surely.
It’s sad for us in TTCs. When the conversion from earlier grading was done, we that were in Job Group N converted to D1 whereas our colleagues in secondary schools were moved to D3. Even after attending several interviews for D2, we have not been considered. TSC ina wenyewe
You haven’t seen anything yet, a colleague who is 58 years old and retiring next year but one has been left out of promotion list…so unfair.
Mimi I love teaching but I hate an employer who is unfair even seems like there is no common sense .at 48 years in the same c3 which is L for almost 20 years,?????you still want me to do tpd at my cost with my son who graduated this year for the same position????pure nonsense
How comes tsc didn’t promote some of the teachers who have stagnated in the same job group but promoted the new entrants into the job group or those in lower job group!!!
TSCwere also to consider those teachers working in hardship areas and have come from far
I was employed in 1991 at job group j,automatically promoted in 1993 to job group k. In 1997,through interview I was promoted to job group l and appointed HOD careers and guidance and counseling. Automatically promoted to job group m in 2002 and through interview in 2009,I was promoted to job group N. In 2017,I was given senior master II while my colleagues who were serving heads went to D3 and those were deputies were given D2. Tukaachwa D1. I did med in 2013 and TSC LEFT PROMOTING TEACHERS! I did KEMI in 2017,haijanisaidia. I have attended the interview process 3 times…no consideration. I have taught and got very high grades…Am 55 years. Any hopes?