In order to confirm school administrators in various elementary and secondary schools, Teachers Service Commission (TSC) is speeding up the process.
As a result of retirement and other reasons, a large number of school administrators have left the service and are still leaving, leaving a number of gaps that need to be filled. Teachers Service Commission is working to fill these gaps.
At least 3,000 elementary school teachers are currently working without the required administrative support.
Some of the schools merely have a deputy acting as the headteacher while others have no deputy at all but a senior teacher.
According to the Commission’s most recent plan, which aims to fill the open positions by December, primary school teachers in grade C4 who are currently serving as acting school heads are on their way to taking over control of the schools.
The Commission has instructed the teachers serving in an acting capacity to be confirmed on the basis of affirmative action in areas that have been categorized as Asal (Arid and Semi-Arid Lands) and Hard to Staff.
Affirmative action promotion occurs when a primary school teacher serving as a senior teacher but still in Grade C1 gets moved to Grade C2, where senior teachers belong, even though they don’t have a diploma, which is one of the requirements for senior teachers in addition to other criteria.
Senior Teachers, Deputy Headteachers, and Headteachers in primary schools will advance despite not meeting all criteria listed in the Career Progression Guidelines (CPG).
In addition to meeting the necessary credentials, teachers in other regions must have held their present acting post for at least three years before being considered for promotion.
In addition to having no prior disciplinary cases, the teachers also had to actively participate in filling out and submitting their termly Teacher Performance Appraisal Development (TPAD) ratings.
According to the committee’s circular number 14/2021, teacher promotions must follow the current Career Progression Guidelines.
