Exclusive: 2025 TSC Promotion Interview Scoring Guide, Questions & Answers for C3, C4 & C5

We can now authoritatively reveal the 2025 Teachers Service Commission (TSC)  Promotion Interviews Scoring Guide, Questions & Answers for teachers seeking promotion to Job Groups C3, C4, C5 and D1. Find all the details required for the Promotion Interviews.

TSC PROMOTIONAL INTERVIEWS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

According to the latest scoring guide, there will be a total of thirteen (13) marks for oral questions that will be asked during the interviews. We have pieced together the questions for you plus their responses.

The Teacher Performance Appraisal and Development (TPAD)

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IMPORTANCE OF TEACHER PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL AND DEVELOPMENT, TPAD

1. Teachers are able to plan and organize their service delivery to learners
2. Teachers improve on their teaching methodology through lesson observation
3. Teachers are able to identify and suggest interventions required to improve scores and the quality of learning

LEGAL DOCUMENTS FOUND IN SCHOOLS

1. The Kenyan constitution (2010)
2. TSC act (1967)
3. TSC cord of regulations for teachers (2005)
4. Basic education act
5. Children’s Act

PREPARE WELL ON THESE AREAS

Expanded mandate of TSC

(a) Review Standards of education and training of persons entering teaching service.

(b) Review supply for and demand of teachers in the country

(C) Advise national government on matters pertaining to teaching service.

QUESTIONS ON TPAD

(a) Have samples of Professional documents like schemes of work/lesson plans/record of work covered/lesson observation /lesson notes

(b) TPAD summary for last 3 years, identified gaps and how you have addressed them

Also see: How To Download/ Print Your TPAD Appraisal Reports

(c) individual and school results for last 3 years.

(3) carry co curriculum certicates for the school

(4) know the outlawed actions as enshrined in the basic education act, bullying, sexual harassment, illegal levies, forced repetition, corporal punishment. Read more: The Basic Education Act of 2013

(5) know role of Semi Autonomous Government Agencies (SAGAs) like KICD, knec, Jomo Kenyatta foundation,

(6) structure of CBC: Read more: Competency Based Curriculum, CBC, explained in detail

Also read: Final List of all Senior School CBC Subjects & Core Subjects

Strengths of CBC

Weaknesses of 8-4-4 system of education

TSC reforms that include:

(a) TPAD/TPD
(b) on line services
(c) decentralization of services
(d) CBA
(e) career progression guidelines
(f) nationalisation of teachers
g) appointment of school administrators through competitive interviews

Emerging issues like

(a) covid 19
(b) BBI
(c) change of academic calendar for schools
(d) on line teaching/learning
(9) financial management.
(a) financial records you maintain.

THINGS/ ACTIONS OUTLAWED IN SCHOOLS

1 bullying
2 corporal punishment
3 forced repetition
4 holiday tuition
5 illegal levies
6 sexual molestation

Q. How else would you implement the curriculum apart from teaching in class?

Q. How to create a comprehensive learning environment?

1. ensure proper discipline is maintained in the school
2) ensure proper utilization of resources
3) supervision of trs and non-teaching staff for proper discharge of tuition programs
4) ensure implementation of scheduled instructional programs
5) creating favourable learning environment

REFORMS IN THE EDUCATION SECTOR

1 decentralization of services eg recruitment of teachers is done at the sub-county level
2 employment of teacher interns to address tr shortages
3 introduction of tpd which assists trs to improve their skills
4 the extended paternity leave for male teachers from 14 to 21 days thus giving fathers more time to bond with their new babies

Automated TSC Services/ TSC online Services:

a) online transfer
b) application of promotion
c) appraisal process (TPAD)
d) wealth declaration
e) T-pay system

WHAT ROLES DOES A TEACHER DO ON TPAD?

1) login on duty
2) set targets
3) update standards
4) request for observation
5) make submission

WHAT ARE THE TEACHING STANDARDS IN TPAD?

1) professional knowledge and practice
2) comprehensive learning environment
3) teacher professional development
4) teacher conduct and professionalism
5) participation in a professional learning community

1) ability to manage learners conduct and behavior
2) ability to create a stimulating classroom environment
3) ability to create child friendly school
4) ability to ensure safety of learners eg
a) prevention of accidents and body injury
b) reduce risk factors such as drug abuse

NOTE

There is a difference between education reforms and TSC reforms. The ones i have outlined up there are TSC reforms.

Below herein are education reforms;

1) introduction of CBC
2) free and compulsory basic education
3) encouraging teaching and learning of KSL and braille
4) integrating early childhood into primary education
5) developing and promoting the use of indigenous languages

WHAT IS PROCUREMENT?

It’s an activity that involves buying or acquisition of goods and services to meet specified needs

BENEFITS OF PROCUREMENT

(Here we have 5 R’s)
1) right quality
2) right quantity
3) right price
4) right source
5) right time

Types of procurement/tendering

a) open tender
b) restrictive tender
c) direct procurement
d) quotation
e) imprest

AUDITING

It’s the independent examination of financial records of institutions

TYPES OF AUDITING

1) internal auditing
2) external auditing

IMPORTANCE OF AUDITING

To ensure:

1) good governance
2) internal control
3) asset management
4) good practices
5) decision making

Give 3 differences between interdiction and suspension

Also read:

• TSC interdiction process; How is a teacher interdicted by TSC?

• TSC professional misconduct (Latest list of offences that lead to interdiction and dismissal)

TYPES OF STORES

A) permanent
B) consumable
C) expandable

Legal documents used in the management of education

Below is a list of legal documents used in the management of education/teaching. It’s important that you note the difference.

1- Kenya Constitution (2010)
2- basic education act (2013)
3- Kenya vision 2030
4- sessional paper no.1 of 2019
5- basic education curriculum framework (BECF) of 2019
6) curriculum reform policy (2015)
7-east africa community treaty (2014)
8- KICD act of 2013
9- sustainable development goals (SDG’s goal 4

NEMIS

National Education Management Information System
It helps the government know the number of learners in the schools

Read: NEMIS USER GUIDE

TMIS

Teacher Management Information System

It helps the government know the staffing of teachers in all schools