TSC adverts on promotion.Teachers have been allowed an extra week to apply for promotions after a technical fault rendered the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) portal inaccessible since Monday.
The earlier deadline was Friday, September 8, and many of instructors were worried that they would be denied promotions.
Teachers and unions urged their employer to extend the deadline by at least a week so that they may apply for the 36,275 promotions announced in August.
The applications went on well until September 6, 2023 when [the] system started experiencing an anomaly due to huge traffic.
TSC adverts on promotion
ICT is building two additional servers to address the huge numbers who [ did not beat the application deadline. In view of the above, ICT Directorate is requesting an extension of the advertisement from Friday September 8, 2023 to Friday, September 15 2023,” reads an internal memo.
Teachers who spoke to our media expressed their dissatisfaction with the application process.
He stated that he had been employed since 2006, when he began teaching in Grade K.
TSC adverts on promotion
He was promoted to Grade L (C3) in 2009 after three years and has remained in the same job group ever since.
In contrast to past vacancies, which were mostly for teachers in administrative roles, the vast majority of the commission’s vacancies will be for lower cadre instructors.
With 12,716 openings to fill, Senior Master IV in a typical secondary school will have the most vacancies.
This is followed by Senior Teacher II openings in regular primary schools.
TSC adverts on promotion
In ordinary primary schools, there are 1,049 positions for advancement to headteacher, 1,930 vacancies for deputy headteacher, and 1,928 opportunities for secondary teacher I.
This indicates a glaring shortage of administrators in public primary schools, many of which are run by teachers in acting capacities.
This demonstrates a severe scarcity of administrators in public primary schools, many of which are led by acting teachers.
Thank you .Many teachers would have missed it.