KUPPET and TSC agree on requirements for more than 30,000 teachers’ promotions.
Over 30,000 teachers who have remained in one job for more than seven years will be promoted, according to an agreement between the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) and the Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET).
To further address the present teacher shortage in Junior Secondary Schools (JSS), TSC will hire an additional 20,000 teachers in a combined initiative that would cost the exchequer more than Ksh 7.8 billion.
This came up at the conclusion of a six-day meeting at Sawela Lodge in Naivasha between the commission and the representatives of the teachers.
Interestingly, at a media event hosted by the KUPPET National Executive Committee, prominent TSC officials were noticeably absent.
Of the 50,000 instructors who had been stagnant for years, 30,000 will profit in the upcoming fiscal year, according to KUPPET National Chairman Milemba Omboko, who was speaking to the press.
Omboko stated that most instructors had not received promotions since 2017, and that this issue had been handled at the Naivasha summit, which took place in June of this year.
According to him, Ksh 4B would be needed to hire the 20,000 instructors who would be useful in resolving the JSS situation nationwide.
Surrounded by senior union representatives, Omboko declared that the government has committed to revisiting the teacher’s health insurance.
The adoption of new group life, group personal accident, and work injury benefits insurance for teachers as part of the medical system would be examined by the government, he stated.
Two thousand of the 20,000 instructors hired by JSS, according to union secretary general Akelo Misori, would be sent to ASAL areas.
In January 2025, he said, TSC has committed to converting all 26,000 intern teachers hired in 2023 to permanent positions with pensions.
He stated, “TSC has granted the union’s request to review the Career Progression Guidelines, which have contributed to teachers’ stagnation, and to develop new career Guidelines through public participation.”
Misori continued, “After an audit showed that only 14 cases had problems, the union was happy with the recent promotion of over 50,000 teachers.”
“The remedy for the 14 teachers who earned the promotion while not being in the payroll has been explained by the Commission, which has addressed our concerns about the promotion of teachers not in the payroll,” he stated.
The Junior Secondary Schools, where just two teachers per stream were now covering all the study areas, were of special concern to the union, as voiced by the SG.
“Ksh 1 billion will be sought by the Commission for the advancement of 30,000 teachers who have been at a standstill for many years,” he declared.
Misori stated that the TSC was collaborating with the Department of Pensions on administrative measures to expedite the teacher pension procedures in response to the delayed payouts.
KUPPET and TSC agree on requirements for more than 30,000 teachers’ promotions.
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