Good News As TSC Promotes 115000 Teachers and Registers 42000

Teachers across the country have reason to be happy after the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) promoted 115,000 teachers and registered a further 42,000.

The Commission is carrying out the difficult task of satisfying teachers as well as ensuring teachers who have acquired the required qualifications are registered as they await to be recruited into service.

However, thousands are still waiting on their promotion amid confusion over the criteria the Commission employs in upgrading teachers.

In the promotion exercise, 115,110 teachers have been promoted in line with the Career Progression Guidelines (CPG) while a further 42,795 new teachers have been registered in the 2020/2021 Financial Year (FY).

According to the Commission’s Annual Report and Audited Financial Statements 2020/2021 tabled in Parliament on the 19th of May 2022, 99,078 out of the total number of promoted teachers were upgraded under the Common Cadre Establishment.

A further 15,047 were promoted via competitive selection and 625 institutional administrators from ten Arid and Semi-Arid Areas (ASAL) counties were promoted affirmative action.

The data from the Commission’s Staffing Directorate 2021 report shows that out of the competitive selection for promotion, 8,622 were male while 6,785 were female.

This category included the cadres of 1,096 Deputy Principal II (49 female and 607 male); 39 for Senior Lecturer I 24 female and 15 male); 1,590 Deputy Principal III (713 female and 877 male), 209 Curriculum Support Officers (CSOs) who include 56 female and 153 male, and 2,111 Headteachers (639 female and 1,472 male).

Other cadres include 36 Deputy Headteacher II (at Grade C4), 248 Senior Master IV t grade C4, 38 Secondary Teacher I (at grade C3), 53 Senior Teacher I (at grade C3, and one female Secondary Teacher II (at grade C2) 37 Senior Teacher II at grade C2 and 93 Primary Teacher I at grade C1.

The report also reveals that during the period under review, 94,176 teachers got promoted under the Common Cadre Establishment. The table below shows more details.

COUNTY
B5 TO C1
C1 TO C2
C2 TO C3
TOTALS
M
F
M
F
M
F
Baringo
675
920
40
52
66
96
1849
Bomet
783
929
85
71
107
99
2074
Bungoma
1761
2324
158
83
179
118
4623
Busia
956
1284
59
43
86
78
2506
Elgeyo-Marakwet
468
579
29
24
64
66
1230
Embu
374
670
53
35
57
42
1231
Garissa
104
50
18
1
32
7
212
Homa-Bay
1410
1503
115
48
148
68
3292
Isiolo
187
182
7
5
18
6
405
Kajiado
465
707
12
8
30
13
1235
Kakamega
2035
2905
145
94
207
134
5520
Kericho
898
1243
64
41
86
96
2428
Kiambu
523
1432
54
62
146
184
2401
Kilifi
1242
1401
67
42
83
64
2899
Kirinyaga
284
476
48
47
58
58
971
Kisii
1492
1519
110
73
173
124
3491
Kisumu
1062
1472
69
46
123
92
2864
Kitui
1552
2100
79
48
131
142
4052
Kwale
769
803
31
17
50
28
1698
Laikipia
334
477
31
24
55
30
951
Lamu
153
201
7
1
19
9
390
Machakos
1198
1983
62
75
150
121
3589
Makueni
1255
1841
87
67
130
94
3474
Mandera
239
63
10
0
82
9
403
Marsabit
278
149
14
2
37
10
490
Meru
1205
1912
97
74
197
157
3642
Migori
1417
1496
105
45
142
65
3270
Mombasa
151
387
10
14
33
25
620
Murang’a
556
981
76
72
164
163
2012
Nairobi
296
697
24
24
72
99
1212
Nakuru
1296
2101
100
74
158
143
3872
Nandi
908
1236
61
51
90
84
2430
Narok
1145
1204
37
17
87
43
2533
Nyamira
719
695
49
34
90
69
1656
Nyandarua
614
839
52
35
76
69
1685
Nyeri
344
721
46
57
83
79
1330
Samburu
268
213
13
5
35
16
550
Siaya
1169
1415
94
50
107
68
2903
Taita-Taveta
297
407
34
14
36
23
811
Tana River
327
267
9
2
35
14
654
Tharaka-Nithi
559
802
45
32
70
52
1560
Trans-Nzoia
849
1188
73
47
100
97
2354
Turkana
445
351
23
8
49
16
892
Uasin-Gishu
657
1251
39
47
90
119
2203
Vihiga
743
1021
62
45
85
59
2015
Wajir
159
49
11
0
30
8
257
West-Pokot
581
693
27
16
84
36
1437
TOTALS
35202
47139
2541
1772
4230
3292
94176

TSC Recruited 25,124 teachers in 2021 including 5,000 additional teachers in secondary schools meant to address the 100 per cent transition from primary to secondary schools. Out of this, 2,933 were male while 2067 were female.

An additional 8,124 replacement teachers were recruited in primary (3,020 were male and 3,573 were female) and 953 male and 578 female teachers in post-primary institutions.

For the internship programme, 12,000 interns were recruited with 4,852 of these being male and 5,741 being female teachers in primary and 8,526 and 6,005 female in post-primary institutions.

102,000 teachers were trained on the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in 2020/2021 with ICT being a key area in the new Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC).

For capacity building on the CBC, TSC revealed that it had trained 131,275 (79,582 male and 51,693 female) Master Trainers, Trainers of Trainers which included Curriculum Support Officers (CSOs), CBC champions and teachers.

In public primary schools, the Commission trained 44,867 teachers and 6,918 in private primary schools. A further 3,561 teachers were trained for the Special Needs Education (SNE) and 1,582 in CBC Mathematics Champions and 43,644 CBC Mathematics teachers.

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