Blow to Teachers Awaiting Promotions
Teachers who have overstayed in one job group have a reason to smile after the government through the National Treasury allocated Ksh1.1 billion to the Teachers Service Commission (TSC)(TSC) for promotion of teachers across various cadres.
However, the allocated amount has raised concerns as to whether the Commission will meet its target of promoting a total of 12,634 teachers in the next 2023/2024 Financial Year which starts in July 1, 2023 after requesting Ksh2.17 billion in its budget that it represented before the National Assembly departmental CommitteeCommittee on Education on February 14, 2023.
The TSC’s estimated budget entailed a total of Ksh600 million to promote a total of 4,595 primary school teachers from a promotional grade of C1 to C2, another Ksh1 billion to promote 4,750 diploma teachers from C2 to C3; Ksh400 million to promote another 2,637 graduate teachers from C3 to C4; and Ksh175.03 million to promote a further 652 graduate teachers from D3 to D4.
A number of school deputy heads and acting principals in Embu County revealed that they have remained in the same grade for more than 10 years, and that had their years of experience and academic qualifications been put into consideration they would have been moved up three grades upwards.
Blow to Teachers Awaiting Promotions
