Promotional interviews for post-primary teachers, which include teachers training colleges (TTC) and secondary schools, were launched by the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) on Monday, January 27, 2025.
TSC has now concluded promotion interviews for primary school teachers, which began on January 13.
The commission had advertised 25,288 promotional positions for primary and post-primary teachers.
TSC had earlier advertised 5,690 promotional positions for school administrators on advert 1-4 of 2024, which will run from November 12 to 18, 2024. On 17 December 2024, TSC advertised 19,943 additional posts for teachers in job groups C1 to D3, to be filled online.
Of these 16,109 posts, 16,109 are allocated for primary schools, while a total of 9,179 posts are allocated for post-primary institutions.
In this year’s promotions, like last year, there was a large number of teachers applying for the various advertised posts.
According to TSC, a total of 189,000 teachers applied for promotions and were shortlisted, of which 96,640 were primary teachers and 44,043 were post-primary teachers. This year’s promotion interviews are different from last year’s as the interview panels do not ask multiple questions.
The primary school teacher promotion interviews, which began on January 13, ended on January 23, 2025.
The interview panels, consisting of sub-county directors, human resource officers, and curriculum support officers, were largely limited to document verification.
Teachers were required to present identity cards, academic records, and other documents for verification during the interview.
A brief summary of the promotion scorecard used by the Commission during this year’s interviews.
*Academic Qualification*
Masters -5 Marks
Degree – 3 Marks
Diploma – 1 Mark
Knec Examiner – 4 Marks
*Length of Stay in Current Grade*
7 years and above – 50Marks
6 years – 40 Marks
5 years – 30 Marks
4 years – 20 Marks
3 years – 10 Marks
*TPAD Rating*
81+ 10 Marks
61- 80 – 8 Marks
41-60 – 6 Marks
21 – 40 – 4 Marks
1- 20 – 2 Marks
*Age*
55+ years 30 Marks
50-54 – 26 Marks
45-49 – 22 Marks
40-44 – 18 Marks
30-39 – 14 Marks
*Presentation*
1 – Mark
Those successful will be contacted to pick their promotion letters and will be posted to schools where there are vacancies.
The unsuccessful ones will be issued with regret letters and can try their luck next time. TSC was allocated sh 1 billion for promoting teachers this year.
TSC is facing mass retirements of teachers end of June and August this year and the promotions seek to address the numerous vacancies left by HOI’s and DHOI’s who retired and others planned to exit this year.
Those successful will produce the five Chapter 6 documents to complete their promotions
Chapter 6 of the constitution requires that persons working for the public sector, otherwise known as state officials, exhibit leadership and integrity.
As a result, employers need clearance certificates to confirm that the employee exhibits personal integrity, competence and suitability.
Below are the five mandatory documents under Chapter Six of the Kenyan Constitution on “Leadership and Integrity.”
Valid Certificate of Good Conduct from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI)
Clearance Certificate from the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB)
Tax Compliance Certificate from Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA)
Clearance from Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC)
A Clearance Certificate from an approved Credit Reference Bureau (CRB)
*LIST OF DOCUMENTS TEACHERS MUST PRESENT DURING PROMOTION INTERVIEWS*
Please note that the number of documents to be submitted depends on the nature of the position to be filled. Tenured teachers will need to submit fewer documents than those seeking higher administrative positions.
1) Original Identity Card (ID)
2) Original academic certificates (KCSE, PTE, Diploma and Degree certificates)
3) Letter of appointment to current grade
4) Latest payslip
5) Last promotional letter
6) Letter assigning responsibility of HOI/DHOI
7) Performance appraisal reports (TPAD) for 2021, 2022, 2023
8) Any other testimonials
*LIST OF DOCUMENTS TEACHER TO PRESENT AFTER PROMOTION INTERVIEWS*
1) Valid Certificate of Good Conduct from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI)
2) Clearance Certificate from the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB)
3) Tax Compliance Certificate from Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA)
4) Clearance from Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC)
5) A Clearance Certificate from an approved Credit Reference Bureau (CRB)
*TSC LIST OF 19,943 ADVERTISED ROMOTION VACANCIES*
1. 5/2024 Chief Principal (Regular School) T- Scale 15 Grade D5 Vacancies 44
2. 6/2024 Chief Principal (TTC) T- Scale 15 Grade D5 Vacancies 3
3. 7/2024 Senior Principal (Regular School) T- Scale 14 Grade D4 Vacancies 126
4. 8/2024 Senior Principal (TTC) T- Scale 14 Grade D4 Vacancies 3
5. 9/2024 Principal (Regular School) T- Scale 13 Grade D3 Vacancies 652
6. 10/2024 Deputy Principal I (TTC) T- Scale 13 Grade D3 Vacancies 3
7. 11/2024 Deputy Principal II (Secondary School) T- Scale 12 Grade D2 Vacancies 786
8. 12/2024 Senior Lecturer I (TTC) T-Scale 12 Grade D2 13
9. 13/2024 Deputy Principal III(Regular School) T- Scale 11 Grade D1 Vacancies 1,408
10. 14/2024 Senior Lecturer II (TTC) T- Scale 11 Grade D1 Vacancies 32
11. 15/2024 Senior Master II (secondary SNE) T- Scale 11 Grade D1 Vacancies 2
12. 16/2024 Senior Master III (Regular School) T- Scale 10 Grade C5 Vacancies 1,987
13. 17/2024 Senior Lecturer III (TTC) T- Scale 10 Grade C5 Vacancies 61
14. 18/2024 Senior Master III (secondary SNE) T- Scale 10 Grade C5 Vacancies 6
15. 19/2024 Senior Master IV T- Scale 9 Grade C4 Vacancies 2,221
16. 20/2024 Senior Lecturer IV (TTC) T- Scale 9 Grade C4 Vacancies 70
17. 21/2024 Secondary Teacher I(Diploma teachers only) T- Scale 8 Grade C3 Vacancies 184
18. 22/2024 Lecturer 1 T-Scale 8 Grade C3 Vacancies 7
19. 23/2024 Senior Head teacher (Regular) T- Scale 11 Grade D1 Vacancies 254
20. 24/2024 Senior Head teacher (SNE) T- Scale 11 Grade D1 Vacancies 7
21. 25/2024 Head-Teacher (Regular School) T- Scale 10 Grade C5 Vacancies 2,130
22. 26/2024 Head Teacher (SNE Primary School) T- Scale 10 Grade C5 Vacancies 33
23. 27/2024 Deputy Head-teacher II (Regular Primary School) T- Scale 9 Grade C4 Vacancies 3,653
24. 28/2024 Deputy Head-teacher II (SNE) T- Scale 9 Grade C4 Vacancies 33
25. 29/2024 Senior Teacher I (Regular Primary School) T- Scale 8 Grade C3 Vacancies 4,703
26. 30/2024 Senior Teacher I (SNE Primary School) T- Scale 8 Grade C3 Vacancies 77
27. 31/2024 Senior Teacher II (Regular Primary School) T- Scale 7 Grade C2 Vacancies 1,364
28. 32/2024 Senior Teacher II (SNE Primary School) T- Scale 7 Grade C2 Vacancies 81
TOTAL 19,943