Crucial Message from TSC to All Teachers Who Missed Promotions
Instead of the eagerly awaited promotion announcements that they had painstakingly applied for, attended interviews for, and were anticipating their career development, the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) recently sent regret letters to roughly 1,500 school administrators. Education professionals across the nation are confused and disappointed by this terrible situation.
There seems to be some hope for 1,300 of the instructors who received these regret letters despite these setbacks. TSC has offered them another opportunity to reapply for the positions they were interested in.
The sudden termination of these instructors’ employment raises the issue of why this decision was made given that they had been vetted and shortlisted after interviews in their respective counties.
Some of the affected teachers were substitutes who were eagerly awaiting official permission. Sadly, their dreams were dashed when they missed out on this major opportunity.
TSC’s directive to reapply everytime a new promotion advertisement is issued clarifies the situation.
TSC’s continued involvement in teacher promotions is still up for debate, though, since it has been proposed that the Ministry of Education be handed this responsibility. It is unclear how future promotions would be handled and what impact this planned move will have on teachers’ careers.
TSC data revealed that 3,359 public schools lack designated head teachers, highlighting the issue of insufficient leadership in educational institutions.
There are also 1,918 public elementary schools without head teachers and 1,441 public secondary schools without principals. These figures are alarming, especially in view of the fact that the administration is implementing important educational reforms.
The timing of the promotion procedure makes things much more difficult. TSC had originally intended to announce 14,738 teacher promotions in December 2022, but they later changed their minds.
Additional application calls were made in January, March, and May of the following year due to a dearth of applications. Despite the fact that a substantial portion of interviewers from the March round were placed in schools for the second term, a sizable portion of openings remain unfilled.
Read more here: 14,738 teacher promotion letters released by TSC
Nancy Macharia, CEO of TSC, emphasizes the challenges faced with teacher advancements. She emphasized the concept of “promotion based localization,” according to which promotions are now connected to the number of openings in certain counties.
Macharia claims that because they can only apply for employment in their home counties, teachers are unable to transfer to other areas in pursuit of opportunities for promotion.
Out of the 14,738 vacancies that were initially advertised, only 11,231 instructors were promoted, highlighting the lack of qualified applicants. This gap results in 3,507 open posts, and it’s vital to note that 1,021 of them were designated for teachers in accordance with the affirmative action policy.
The positions promoted included chief principals, principals, deputy principals, senior masters, headteachers, deputy headteachers, and senior teachers from both regular and special schools.
Instructors are currently struggling with missed opportunities for promotion and worry about their future job prospects as a result of the recent events at TSC.
Focusing on the leadership shortcomings in schools and the challenges encountered throughout the promotion process only serves to exacerbate the issue. It is crucial to properly assess the long-term consequences on both teachers and pupils since the education sector is changing as educators manage these changes.
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