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TSC breaks silence on row over recent Teachers’ Promotions

<p>In response to the outrage surrounding the promotions&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;newsblaze&period;co&period;ke&sol;Latest&sol;all-the-latest-education-news-from-kenya-and-the-whole-world&sol;tsc-kenya-news-portal&sol;">TSC<&sol;a> has broken its silence and is calling for a calm approach&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Today&comma; the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;newsblaze&period;co&period;ke&sol;Latest&sol;all-the-latest-education-news-from-kenya-and-the-whole-world&sol;tsc-kenya-news-portal&sol;">Teachers Service Commission &lpar;TSC&rpar;<&sol;a> released a statement in support of the recent promotion of 25&comma;000 teachers&comma; which is now subject to growing scrutiny and criticism from diverse stakeholders&comma; including teacher unions and Parliament&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Commission insisted that the exercise was carried out in an honest and open manner&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The topic was discussed for the first time at the Kenya National Schools Principals Forum in Mombasa by Chief Executive Officer Dr&period; Nancy Macharia when speaking about the graduation of TSC&comma; in the hopes that conversation would resolve all outstanding concerns&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Commission&&num;8217&semi;s dedication to maintaining integrity and guaranteeing that competent&comma; deserving teachers are recognized was reiterated&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She said that TSC&comma; under the direction of Dr&period; Macharia&comma; has implemented a number of service delivery changes with the goal of enhancing its service delivery&comma; particularly in the management of schools across the country&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She continued by saying that the standard advertisements were part of larger initiatives to promote professionalism and work ethics in the field&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Nevertheless&comma; there has been widespread condemnation of the promotion&comma; particularly from the Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers &lpar;KUPPET&rpar;&period; The acting secretary general of KUPPET&comma; Moses Nthurima&comma; expressed concerns about fairness in the distribution of resources in a statement&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Because certain counties will get the same number of promotions despite having significantly different teacher workforces&comma; he claims that the entitlement to promotion slots across counties does not consider the teacher populations in each&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Nthurima further asserted that there is a significant experience gap between some of the promoted teachers and their colleagues&comma; raising concerns of political meddling&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He questioned the transparency of the procedure and slammed the commission for not engaging with unions before completing the list&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>For her part&comma; Dr&period; Macharia has vigorously refuted claims of political sway&comma; claiming that she avoids politics and does not engage in such activities&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She maintained that the promotions were based on merit and in accordance with the government&&num;8217&semi;s policy of decentralizing hiring and fostering equal opportunities across the country&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>TSC urged the parties to have productive discussions so that the teaching community would not lose sight of the need to raise educational standards&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Dr&period; Macharia said that he hoped the consensus would be reached soon so that teachers who have been promoted may take on their new responsibilities without any more delay&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>More <strong>latest<&sol;strong> TSC News<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;newsblaze&period;co&period;ke&sol;how-tsc-boss-nancy-macharia-handled-pressure-from-politicians-and-unions-for-10-years-revealed&sol;">How TSC Boss Nancy Macharia Handled Pressure from Politicians and Unions for 10 Years &lbrace;Revealed&rcub;<&sol;a><&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;newsblaze&period;co&period;ke&sol;teachers-civil-servants-to-lose-sh6-billion-in-hardship-allowances&sol;">Teachers&comma; Civil servants to lose Sh6 billion in hardship allowances<&sol;a><&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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