The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) will promote aged primary school teachers who are stuck in job group C1 for long.
According to an advert it published last week, the Commission has declared a total of 4,683 promotions for C1 teachers out of 21,313 total vacancies.
In primary schools teachers are employed at job group B5 then promoted automatically to job group C1 after serving for three years.
However promotion to C2 is not automatic. A C1 teacher can only be promoted to C2 after successful promotion interview.
Job group C2, Senior Teacher II, is an entry grade for school administrators in primary schools.
Requirement for appointment to grade C2, a teacher must: –
i. Have served as Primary teacher I T- Scale 6 for a minimum period for three (3) years.
ii. Have obtained a satisfactory rating in the performance appraisal process.
iii. Have demonstrated ability to supervise, mentor and provide professional support to other teachers and.
iv. Meet any other requirement deemed necessary by the Commission.
There are approximately 130,000 primary school teachers stuck in job group C1.
However only those aged 57 years and above are likely to secure promotions according to TSC promotion scoresheet.
The scoresheet favours aged teachers who have stagnated in one job group for years.
The Commission has awarded enormous score to the elderly with those aged 57 years and above getting 30 marks.
Teachers aged 52 to 56 years will get 25 marks, 47 to 51 years will get 20 marks while those aged below 41 years will score 10 marks.
The years a teacher has served in their current grade is also key in this years promotion.
Those who have served for at least seven years in same job group will be awarded 30 marks.
Six, five, four and three years will score 25, 20, 15 and 10 marks respectively according to the promotion scoresheet.
However the Commission has given less consideration to teachers academic and professional certificates .
TSC has awarded a maximum of 3 out of 100 marks to various academic and professional certificates held by teachers.
The Commission has awarded 3 marks to PhD holders, 2 marks to Masters holders, 1 mark to Degree holders and zero marks to those with Diplomas.
A teacher must however have served for at least three years in current job group for him to be considered except those in ASAL areas who will be promoted on affirmative action.
Teachers who have served as administrators in acting capacity will be given big consideration if they produce evidence of acting.
In the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) 2025 – 2029 which TSC and teachers unions signed, the Commission pledged to promote teachers across all cadres at a cost of Sh1 Billion this financial year.
According to TSC, the applications for promotions must be submitted by the midnight of Monday, 25th August 2025.
Below is the scoresheet that TSC published in its 2025 – 2026 promotion guidelines and will be used in the upcoming promotion interviews.
1) ACADEMIC AND PROFFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
PhD – 3
Masters – 2
Degree – 1
Maximum 3 Marks
NOTE: Only one, highest qualification, to be awarded
2) TSC (TIMEC/CBC/CEMASTEA County trainers), KNEC (examiners/item developers), KICD (panelist/book evaluator)
Maximum 2 Marks
3) ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITY AND LENGTH OF STAY IN CURRENT GRADE
i)Responsibility
(Marks awarded for performance of administrative duties – This shall apply to those who are performing duties of Head o Deputy Head Teacher OR had earlier acted as such through deployment by the Commission or BOM)
Maximum 25 Marks
No. of years as administrator Marks
7 years and above 25
6 Years 22
5 Years 18
4 Years 14
3 Years 10
2 Years 6
6 months (Below 1 year) 2
ii)Length of stay in current grade
(Marks awarded for length of stay in current grade)
Maximum 30 Marks
No. of years in grade Marks
7 year and above 30
6 years 25
5 Years 20
4 Years 15
3 years 10
2 Years 5
6 months – 1 year 3
4) PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT
TPAD Rating
(Marks awarded for the average Marks in the last 3 years)
Maximum 10 Marks
Rating Scale TPAD Marks Marks
5 81% and above 10
4 61% – 80% 8
3 41% – 60% 6
2 21% – 40% 4
1 1% – 20% 2
5) AGE
Age of the teacher
Maximum 30 Marks
Age of Teacher Marks
57 and above 30
52 to 56 years 25
47 to 51 years 20
42 to 46 years 15
41 years and below 10
TOTAL MARKS 100
S/ No. Advert No. Advert Name TSC Scale Grade Posts
1 3/2025 Chief principal – Regular D5 15 99
2 4/2025 Chief principal – TTC D5 15 6
3 5/2025 Senior Principal – Regular D4 14 490
4 6/2025 Senior Principal – TTC D4 14 6
5 7/2025 Principal – Regular D3 13 674
6 8/2025 Principal – SNE D3 12 2
7 9/2025 Deputy Principal II – Regular D2 12 971
8 10/2025 Deputy Principal II – TTC D2 12 15
9 11/2025 Deputy Principal II – SNE D2 12 4
10 12/2025 Senior Lecturer I – TTC D2 12 23
11 13/2025 Senior Curriculum Support Officer D2 12 19
12 14/2025 Curriculum Support Officer I D1 11 56
13 15/2025 Deputy Principal III – Regular D1 11 847
14 16/2025 Senior Head Teacher – Regular D1 11 1,400
15 17/2025 Senior Head Teacher – SNE D1 11 14
16 18/2025 Senior Lecturer II – TTC D1 11 44
17 19/2025 Curriculum Support Officer II – Regular C5 10 111
18 20/2025 Curriculum Support Officer II – SNE C5 10 134
19 21/2025 Head-Teacher – Regular C5 10 1,872
20 22/2025 Senior Lecturer III – TTC C5 10 43
21 23/2025 Senior Master III – Regular C5 10 737
22 24/2025 Deputy Head-Teacher II – Regular C4 9 3,547
23 25/2025 Deputy Head-Teacher II – SNE C4 9 19
24 26/2025 Senior Lecturer IV – TTC C4 9 59
25 27/2025 Senior Master IV – Regular C4 9 850
26 28/2025 Senior Master IV – SNE C4 9 3
27 29/2025 Lecturer I – TTC C3 8 18
28 30/2025 Secondary Teacher I – (Diploma) Regular C3 8 994
29 31/2025 Senior Teacher I – Regular C3 8 3,244
30 32/2025 Senior Teacher I – SNE C3 8 141
31 33/2025 Senior Teacher II – Regular C2 7 4,683
32 34/2025 Senior Teacher II – SNE C2 7 188
TOTAL 21,313
LIST OF DOCUMENTS TEACHERS TO PRESENT DURING PROMOTION INTERVIEWS
Kindly note that the number of documents to present depends on nature of the promotion vacancy. Classroom teacher will have less documents compared to those seeking higher administrative positions.
1) Original Identity Card (ID)
2) Original academic certificates (KCSE, PTE, Diploma and Degree certificates)
3) Letter of appointment to current grade
4) Latest payslip
5) Last promotional letter
6) Letter assigning responsibility of HOI/DHOI
7) Performance appraisal reports (TPAD) for 2022, 2023, 2024
8) Any other testimonials
LIST OF DOCUMENTS TEACHER TO PRESENT AFTER SUCCESSFUL PROMOTION INTERVIEWS
1) Valid Certificate of Good Conduct from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI)
2) Clearance Certificate from the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB)
3) Tax Compliance Certificate from Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA)
4) Clearance from Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC)
5) A Clearance Certificate from an approved Credit Reference Bureau (CRB)