TSC Issues Regret Letters For Teachers who applied for Promotions
More than 1,500 school administrators who had applied for promotion as well as attending interviews and awaiting for promotion letters have found themselves at the receiving end.
Instead of receiving promotion letters , TSC served them with letters regret letters.
According to the commission, 1,300 out teachers issued with regret letters have again another chance to apply for the position.
The commission has however not been clear why the Commission revoked their appointments yet they were confirmed and shortlisted after interviews in their counties and were only waiting for their posting.
The committee has again directed the teachers to re-apply for the positions when a promotion advert is out.
Another issue that is not clear is whether TSC will handle the next teacher promotion issue after the education taskforce recommended the teacher promotion task to be handled by the Ministry of Education.
Details with the teachers service commission TSC data indicates that a total of 3,359 public schools do not have head teachers.
In total there is a total of 1,918 public primary schools that do not have head teachers as another 1,441 secondary schools do not have principals.
In total, there are 3,359 public primary and secondary schools do not have the much-needed institutional leadership at a time when the government is rolling out critical reforms in the education sector.
The TSC has been putting blame on teachers for missing out on promotions and for their own stagnation.
Macharia has been accusing teachers of not being willing to apply for promotion opportunities in other counties.
Earlier this year, TSC advertised 14,738 vacancies for the promotion of teachers to different grades to fill positions arising from exits due to natural attrition.
Out of the above number, it is only1,231 teachers were absorbed with 3,507 posts lacking qualified applicants.
TSC again reserved some of this 1,021 vacancies were reserved for teachers on affirmative action.
Teachers submitted their Applications for TSC advertised positions of chief principal,the principal, deputy principal, senior master, headteacher, deputy headteacher and senior teacher for both regular as well as special schools.
TSC Issues Regret Letters For Teachers who applied for Promotions