50,000 teachers will be promoted this financial year, President William Ruto has announced. This would make it the largest teacher promotion exercise in a single year in Kenya. The President said the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) had already advertised 34,016 promotion opportunities, but directed that the number be increased to 50,000. “The Government will provide additional funding to make this possible,” he pointed out. Speaking during World Teachers’ Day celebrations at Kasarani Gymnasium in Nairobi on Monday, President Ruto stated that the Government had doubled the teacher promotion budget from KSh1 billion to KSh2 billion. Since the President took office in 2022, 126,462 teachers have been promoted, more than under any previous administration. Among those present at the event were Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Migos Ogamba, Basic Education Principal Secretary John Ololtuaa, Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) Chair Collins Oyuu, Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) Chair Omboko Milemba, Teachers Service Commission (TSC) Chair Jamleck Muturi and TSC Acting CEO Evaleen Mitei. At the same time, President Ruto said a review of new career progression guidelines had been finalised by the TSC and teachers’ unions and was awaiting approval by the Salaries and Remuneration Commission. The President pointed out that investment in education had increa...
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