TSC Heeds Call to cancel 2022-2023 promotions amid protests by teachers

Reprieve as TSC Calls off Advert for 14,738 2022-2023 Promotion Vacancies

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has called off and declared an advert for 14,738 promotion vacancies null and void.

Promotion of teachers has become an eyesore for decades now. The tutors’ employer has in the last two weeks appeared before the National Assembly Education and Research Committee two times.

MPs were not pleased with failure by the commission to promote teachers who have remained in the same job group for years.

Teachers Service Commission Chairman Jamleck Muturi and Director of Legal and Industrial Relations Calvin Anyuor

Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (Kuppet) Chairman Omboko Milemba backed the cancellation and asked the TSC to increase the number of vacancies.

He added that very many deserving teachers would be left out.

“People deserving promotion are not the target of the advertisement. These are teachers in C3 and C4 job groups. It is a drop in the ocean,” Mr Milemba said.

According to the advertisement, most of the positions would have gone to primary schools, with just 3,392 secondary school slots.

Since the Wednesday advertisement, the social media has been awash with protests of teachers being given a raw deal.

The vacancies arose from retirements, resignations or deaths. Many teachers have also been holding managerial positions in acting capacity.

Mr Milemba blamed the commission for not promoting teachers, thus making them lose benefits.

He told the Sunday Nation that his office is working on data to establish the extent of the problem and what teachers are owed.

He put the figure at more than Sh1 billion.

“This is a pending bill that’s not qualified. It is exploitation of labour by the TSC and government. I’ve put a question in Parliament but I’m doing research with my office staff to back the numbers up. It’s become impossible to be promoted unless you’re in administration,” the Emuhaya MP said.

Nairobi Kuppet Branch Secretary-General Moses Mbora said stagnating in one grade for long has demotivated teachers.

“C3 grade is where teachers have stagnated most. Slots were advertised for D4 grade yet there are many principals in D3 who deserve promotion. Principals were interviewed for promotion to D4 grade in April but nothing happened. We’ve seen another advertisement and their positions are not mentioned,” Mr Mbora said.

He added that having many principals and chief principals and failing to promote deputies would create a succession crisis.

Mr Mbora said stagnating in a job group denies teachers benefits like enhanced medical cover.

“Such a teacher loses on better pension because it is pegged on basic pay,” Mr Mbora said.

He called for the abolition of the career progression guidelines TSC uses to promote teachers and revert to the schemes of service.

“The career progression guidelines are hurting teachers. There are too many salary points,” he said.

When commissioners officials appeared before the Education Committee, they were hard-pressed to explain why promotion has not been going on.

“The commission has not been granted additional budgetary allocations for the promotion of teachers for the past 10 years except in July 2017,” TSC Chief Executive Nancy Macharia said, adding that promotion is consequently based on vacancies arising from natural attrition.

TSC Transfers Online Processing Status 2021-2022; TSC list of Transferred/ Delocalized Teachers and Principals per School as of August 2021; TSC List of Delocalized/ Transferred Teachers and Heads and their Respective Schools 2021/2022

TSC Transfer Portal 2021-2022: The Teachers Service Commission, TSC usually effects Transfers Online for various cadres of teachers including regular and school administrators.

TSC Transfers Online 2021/2022: Reasons 

The year 2021 saw the Commission transfer some teachers and school heads for various reasons including delocalization for those who have overstayed in one station for a long time, others are seeking TSC transfers to reunite with their spouses and families while others cited insecurity and ill health- harsh climatic conditions as the key factors contributing to their need to move to other work stations.

TSC Transfers 2021/2022 Processing Status

The Teachers Service Commission recently released a full list of TSC delocalization/ transfers 2021 per county.

The transfer lists feature affected teachers’ details, reporting dates, reason for being transferred and TSC transfer processing status.

In case you would like to find out how far the Commission is in as far as processing your Application for Transfer is concerned, do not hesitate to check online by clicking on the following link

https://hrmis.tsc.go.ke/tm-app/HOI

Below is a list of TSC Teachers who were Delocalized or Transferred recently

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has transferred a number of teachers from their schools this term. Some of the reasons for the transfers include teachers overstaying in one station as others were swapping schools on personal or professional grounds.

The long serving principal in the county was Kerongorori High School’s Mrs Tabitha Mogoi who has been transferred to Riambase in Nyamache Sub-county to fill the post of the school’s former principal who died early this year. Her transfer paved way for the former principal of Botoro Secondary School in Marani Sub-county.

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Click to see a full list of Transfered School Principals 2021

TSC List of Successful Teacher Transfers 2021

Online Teacher Transfer Portal; Application process and Procedure

The principal of Nduru Girls School, Grace Onyango was transferred to Rabura Mixed Secondary School in Siaya County. It is not clear whether she will take the post of principal or a normal teacher.

Briefing Education News at Kerongorori Secondary School, Kenyenya Sub-county Quality Assurance and Standards Officer Mr. Isaiah Sairiki said that the teachers ‘were a normal routine’ teachers like any other civil servants, adding that they have to move depending on the directives from their employer.

The officer asked the principals to work with dedication in their new stations.

Other principals who were moved during the transfers include the principal of Tarang’anya High School in Migori County Mr. Aliva, moved to Terem High school to replace Mr. Benard Wamanga who will report to Kivaywa Secondary School in Kakamega County.