How TSC Promoted Dead and Retired Teachers – KUPPET

How TSC Promoted Dead and Retired Teachers – KUPPET

The Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (Kuppet) has strongly criticized the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) for what it considers a poor promotion procedure.

According to Kuppet, 100 teachers on the promotion list have died, while others have retired or left the profession.

Kuppet Secretary General Akelo Misori faulted the commission for a lack of transparency, citing the concealment of the identities of teachers on the promotion list.

Misori claimed that several teachers who were not on the commission’s roll, including those who were deceased or had resigned from service, were promoted, highlighting integrity issues within the promotion process.

Misori further criticized the inclusion of non-teaching staff on the promotion list, suggesting that this would benefit them at the expense of deserving educators. He emphasized the need for accountability and challenged the TSC to provide information on the number of promotions per grade and region.

“The commission deceptively included dozens of Curriculum Support Officers and other secretariat staff at the expense of deserving teachers,” Misori told reporters.

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The Kuppet secretary general emphasized accountability and pushed TSC to produce data on the number of promotions by grade and region.

“The TSC must take blame for bungling the chance to promote these long-suffering teachers as part of the unprecedented 51,000 vacancies it declared,” the minister added.

“Overall, the union’s stance underscores the urgency for reform within the TSC to address systemic issues and ensure equitable promotion opportunities for teachers across the country,” he said in a statement.

Kuppet Chairman Omboko Milemba reiterated Misori’s comments, highlighting obvious discrepancies in the promotion process.

Omboko said it defies logic that a 57-year-old teacher who has been stagnant for years and is slated to retire in three years remains on the promotion list while someone who was hired two years ago appears.

According to Omboko, among these are 1,000 senior professors who have not been promoted in 15 years.

Milemba, who is also the Emuhaya MP, called on the government to intervene in the situation and increase resources to help promote deserving teachers.

“The government should, in the supplementary budget, provide for at least Sh5 billion for the promotion of the remaining 150,000 teachers,” he stated.

Milemba also sought a full evaluation of the TSC’s career progression regulations, claiming that the current norms encourage teacher stagnation.

“We will call for an overhaul of career progression guidelines that have consigned many teachers to perpetual stagnation,” he went on to say.

He reaffirmed the union’s pledge to campaign for fair and transparent promotion.

Edward Obwocha, Kuppet’s national secretary of secondary schools, also pointed out discrepancies in job groupings, particularly in the treatment of deputy principals and principals. He emphasized the need for a fair and inclusive promotion process that considers factors such as age, experience, and participation in extra-curricular activities.

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“However, we have teachers of equal skill who attended the interview but were not promoted. “Some of them have grown old in the profession and were overlooked,” he stated.

He called for an overhaul of career progression guidelines that have consigned many teachers to perpetual stagnation.

The union has scheduled a meeting with the TSC to discuss the issues.

How TSC Promoted Dead and Retired Teachers – KUPPET

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