The Migori branch Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) Executive Secretary Orwa Jasolo has urged the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to initiate promotion of teachers on equal basis across the existing job groups.
According to Kenya News Agency, Jasolo said that teachers have suffered untold miseries from TSC, caused by haphazard promotions, with the majority of them having stagnated for long and eventually existing service in the same job groups.
The executive secretary noted that teachers in grades C3 to C5 who form 80 per cent of post primary school classroom teachers, were not allocated any meaningful share in the recent promotions advertised by the TSC.
He decried that majority of classroom teachers have stagnated for between five to 22 years in grade C3, yet only very few positions were advertised for the same job group.
Orwa emphasised that from a total of over 110,000 post primary teachers only 3,000 teachers are set to be promoted representing 0.2 percent, which he said was a drop in the ocean.
“Most of these advertised jobs are those at the higher grades, set to benefit only a few, while majority of the classroom teachers at lower grades will remain stagnated at the same job group, with neither a pay rise nor any form of advancement in their careers,” noted Orwa.
The unionist added that TSC must find a new strategy of including classroom teachers in the promotion of teachers matrix because they are the ones shouldering the noble responsibility of improving students’ performance at the school level.
He urged the government to pay teachers according to the CBA matrix signed between the union and TSC in 2017 to allow teachers across the ranks to fully benefit.
The KUPPET official also asked the TSC to initiate a clear path on how Diploma teachers can be promoted both at primary and high school levels.
How to Apply for TSC number
The Teachers Service Commission Act 2012 Article 237, requires the commission to register all qualified teachers before they can teach in any public or private institution. A teacher who meets the requirements for registration will be issued with the certificate of Registration bearing a TSC number within 30 days. The names of all registered teachers will be published every year.
Requirements:
Applicants are required to apply for registration online and the user-guide is also available.
One should scan and upload the following documents:
-Certified copies of academic and professional certificates
-National identity card
-Bank slip
-One passport size photo
-KRA pin
-GP69 form
-Certificate of good conduct
-Entry and work permits for non-Kenyans.
For registration, one is required to deposit Ksh 1,060 through Direct Banking or Simple Banking.
(KSh 1,000 is a non refundable registration fee and ksh 60 for Bank Commission Charge to the TSC).
For application for a duplicate certificate, one is required to deposit KSh 2,060 (KSh 2,000 is a non refundable application fee and ksh 60 for Bank Commission Charge to the TSC).
The amounts are payable to:
National Bank of Kenya Ltd,
Harambee Avenue branch,
Account Name: TSC-Secretariat
Account Number: 01001005707400
*Only original documents should be scanned*
One can be denied registration if he/she:
-Lacks the relevant academic and professional qualifications
-Is not of good moral character has been convicted of a sexual offence or an offence against a learner
-Has been convicted of a criminal offence which renders the person unfit to be a teacher
-Is engaged in activities which are prejudicial to peace, good order or good governance in Kenya
-Suffers from physical or mental infirmity which renders the person incapable of performing the duties of a teacher
A teacher can be deregistered if he/she:
-Dies
-Obtains registration fraudulently
-Has been convicted of a sexual offence or an offence against a learner
-Has been convicted of a criminal offence which renders the person unfit to be a teacher
-Is found unfit to teach following disciplinary proceedings
-Suffers from physical or mental illness or infirmity which renders the person incapable of performing the duties of a teacher.
Whenever a teacher is deregistered his/her name will be published in the Kenya Gazette.
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