The Teachers Service Commission will promote 12,634 teachers as indicated by the CEO.
TSC boss said they will spend at least 2.2 billion shillings to promote the teachers who have stagnated in the same job group for many years.
She said 600 million will be used to move 4,595 primary school teachers, from Job Group C1, to Job Group C2.
Another 400 million will be used to promote 2,637 graduate teachers from C3 to C4 . Over 175 million will be needed to promote 652 graduate teachers in Grade D3 to Grade D4.
4,750 diploma teachers in C2 will require one million to be promoted to C3. Tsc boss told the National Assembly Education Committee when she appeared before the committee.
The education committee’s chairman Julius Melly urged the commission to compensate and promote teachers who had stagnated in the same job group for many years as well as those who have been working in an acting capacity.
Macharia said the stagnation of teachers in the same job groups was due to the lack of funds and asked the government to provide the Sh2,175,038,528 they needed to carry out the teacher promotion.
According to Macharia the commission has not received funds to promote teachers since the implementation of the 2021-2025 Collective Bargaining Agreement CBA.
Malava MP Malulu Injendi sought to understand what TSC’s priorities were in its strategic plan.
“We have seen in your tabulations. You want us to give you Sh2.1 billion towards a Teacher Professional Development (TPD) programme to improve their pedagogical skills, management skills and learning outcome,” Injendi said.
He added: “Between the TPD programme and teachers’ promotions, which is your priority area.”
Macharia assured the committee that the commission’s focus areas are the recruitment of additional teachers to address the existing shortage and the building of the capacities of teachers on the competence-based curriculum.
TSC promised to employ more teachers as long as the government provides resources.
“The commission wishes to review the 2021-2025 CBA on salaries with an aim to motivate teachers under the employment of the commission,” Macharia said.
Macharia observed that an additional 450 secondary school teachers will be hired.
