This archive report was first published on 16 December 2019.
On December 16, 2019, the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) released new promotion rules that have left many teachers in shock.
The new rules require teachers seeking promotions to secondary school principal positions to possess a Master's degree.
According to a report in the Sunday Nation, out of 17 shortlisted candidates for secondary school principal positions in Narok, Kericho, and Bomet counties, only five were cleared to sit for interviews, while the rest were turned away.
Some of the affected teachers had been serving as acting principals for the past two years due to a shortage of qualified head teachers, while others were heads of departments or deputy principals in various institutions.
Meanwhile, the TSC is set to transfer principals, their deputies, and head teachers next week ahead of school reopening in January.
As part of the transfer, the commission has concluded interviews for 7,000 school heads and their deputies positions, with 1,000 principals and deputies for secondary schools and 6,000 head teachers and their deputies for primary schools expected to be posted to new stations this month.
