TSC headteachers promotion 2023.Education Cs Machogu has initiated a process aimed at advancing the promotion of teachers who have remained in the same grade for an extended period.
He highlighted the impending promotion of primary school head teachers to the principal level,
This is particularly considering the presence of Junior Secondary schools within their institutions.
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Machogu emphasized that P1 teachers leading primary schools would be elevated from grade C3 and beyond to assume roles as principals of Junior Secondary Schools.
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During the Kenya Primary School Heads Association (Kepsha) conference held in Mombasa,
the CS underscored the deserving nature of most primary school head teachers, many of whom are graduates.
He praised those head teachers who hold PhDs in various educational disciplines.
He further urged the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to acknowledge their competence by promoting them to other roles within the education sector.
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Machogu’s statements were made following a display of long-serving head teachers by Kepsha Chairman Johnson Nzioka during the conference.
The CS expressed his directive, indicating the need for officials in the Ministry of Education and the Teachers Service Commission.
ensure that teachers with PhDs are assigned roles like quality assurance, fulfilling a government requirement.
Accompanied by Education Principal Secretary Belio Kipsang, Machogu cautioned high school principals against raising school fees,
as TSC chairman Jamleck Muturi and Konza University Vice Chancellor Elijah Omwenga attended the event.
Collins Oyuu, Secretary General of the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT), lauded the CS’s initiative,
considering it a significant achievement for primary head teachers.
He emphasized that most of these head teachers are qualified graduates, some even holding PhDs, contradicting any misconceptions about their qualifications.
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Oyuu aligned with the Education Committee’s commendation of primary school teachers for their commitment to preventing exam malpractice,
a contrast to some high school teachers implicated in such practices.
He attributed the success of maintaining examination integrity in the Kenya Certificate for Primary Education (KCPE) to the vigilance of primary school head teachers.
Furthermore, Oyuu thanked the government for returning teachers to their home districts and proposed that promoted head teachers should not be transferred to other counties.
He echoed Machogu’s stance against increasing school fees and defended head teachers against allegations,
asserting that school boards were responsible for arbitrary fee hikes, not the principals.
Professor Omwenga encouraged teachers to leverage the Open University’s programs,
which offer opportunities for those without the minimum qualifications required by local universities,
emphasizing the university’s flexible entrance criteria.
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