Teachers promotion rules: The Teachers Service Commission has released new Teachers promotion rules that has left many teachers in shock.

Apparently, the commission has insisted that teachers seeking promotions to secondary school principal positions must possess a Master’s degree.

For example, a report that appeared in the Sunday Nation says that out of the 17 shortlisted candidates for the positions of secondary school principals in Narok, Kericho and Bomet counties, only five were cleared to sit the interviews with the rest turned away. “Some of the affected teachers had been appointed by TSC to serve as acting principals for the past two years in various stations due to a biting shortage of qualified head teachers. The others were either heads of departments or deputy principals in various institutions,” says the report.

TSC set to start fresh transfer of teachers

TSC is all set to transfers principals, their deputies and head teachers next week ahead of school reopening in January. TSC has already concluded interviews for 7,000 for schools heads and their deputies positions.

“TSC said it was hiring 1,000 principals and deputies for secondary schools and 6,000 head teachers and their deputies for primary schools, who are now expected to be posted to new stations this month. Those that have already been interviewed ahead of new positing are 16 chief principals in Grade D5 for national schools and 516 principals who fall under Grade D3. Also recruited are 91 deputy principals I in Grade D3 as well as 204 deputy principals II in Grade D2. In December last year, the commission transferred 3,094 teachers but only 360 appealed against the transfers,” the report said.