Good news as TSC gets Sh2b for teacher promotion

Tutors who have stagnated in one job group have a reason to smile after lawmakers approved additional allocation to the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) of Sh2.2 billion for promotion of teachers.

Report of the Budget and Appropriations Committee (BAC) on the Budget Policy Statement (BPS) has proposed additional allocation to enable TSC to promote about 14,000 teachers who despite having higher qualifications have stagnated in one position.

“Additional Sh2.2 billion (Recurrent) for the promotion of teachers,” reads the report of BAC chaired by Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro.

The commission is seeking to promote 13,713 principals, deputy principals, senior masters, secondary teachers, head teachers and deputy head teachers in secondary and primary schools.

The highest vacancies in this category are Deputy Head Teacher II for regular primary schools, which has 7,720 posts.

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TSC will also promote 2,733 head teachers for regular primary schools, 1,330 secondary teacher I, 725 deputy principal II, 602 principals for regular schools, 224 deputy principal III for secondary schools and some 208 Senior Master II.

There were also 73 vacancies for regular secondary school chief principals, 32 head teachers for Special Needs Education (SNE), 22 Deputy Head teachers for SNE schools, 17 posts for deputy principal I, eight principals for SNE and four chief principles for SNE schools.

TSC advertised 1,020 vacancies for teachers deployed as principals, deputy principals, teachers and deputy head teachers in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands  and hard-to-staff counties.

Committee also enhanced the budget of State Department for Basic Education to Sh134.92 billion as well as that of TSC which was allocated Sh322.64 billion up from Sh298 billion allocated in the current financial year to enable them take care of the Competency-Based Curriculum as well as Junior Secondary School.