The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has announced the dates for promotion interviews for teachers and Curriculum Support Officers (CSOs) in October 2025. According to Circular Ref. TSC/ADM/192A/VOL.X/63 dated 11th September 2025, the exercise will be conducted in two phases between 6th and 24th October 2025.
The Commission has indicated that the promotional exercise will be guided by the Promotional Guidelines for Teachers, Circular No. 8/2025 dated 11th August 2025 which are available on the Commission’s website.
TSC Promotion Interviews’ Schedule
The interviews will be conducted in two phases:
Phase I: Primary School Teachers (6th – 10th October 2025)
This phase will cover all shortlisted primary school candidates across all grades. A total of 47,449 candidates will be interviewed under the following categories:
- Senior Headteacher (D1 grade) – 6,267 candidates (Advert Nos. 16 & 17/2025)
- Headteacher (C5 grade) – 5,483 candidates (Advert No. 21/2025)
- Deputy Headteacher II (C4 grade) – 2,132 candidates (Advert Nos. 24 & 25/2025)
- Senior Teacher I (C3 grade) – 8,850 candidates (Advert Nos. 31 & 32/2025)
- Senior Teacher II (C2 grade) – 24,717 candidates (Advert Nos. 33 & 34/2025)
Phase II: Post Primary Institutions and CSOs (13th – 24th October 2025)
This phase will be conducted in two stages:
Post Primary Teachers (C3 to D2 grades – County level)
A total of 12,510 candidates will be interviewed under the following categories:
- Deputy Principal II (D2 grade) – 3,179 candidates (Advert Nos. 9, 10 & 11/2025)
- Senior Lecturer I (D2 grade) – 66 candidates (Advert No. 12/2025)
- Deputy Principal III (D1 grade) – 1,221 candidates (Advert No. 15/2025)* Senior Lecturer II (D1 grade) – 103 candidates (Advert No. 18/2025)
- Senior Master III (C5 grade) – 2,968 candidates (Advert No. 23/2025)
- Senior Lecturer III (C5 grade) – 61 candidates (Advert No. 22/2025)
- Senior Master IV (C4 grade) – 2,581 candidates (Advert Nos. 27 & 28/2025)
- Senior Lecturer IV (C4 grade) – 120 candidates (Advert No. 26/2025)
- Secondary Teacher I (C3 grade) – 2,211 candidates (Advert No. 30/2025)
Post Primary Principals and CSOs (C5 to D5 grades – Regional level)
A total of 4,660 candidates will be interviewed under the following categories:
- Chief Principal (D5 grade) – 374 candidates (Advert Nos. 3 & 4/2025)
- Senior Principal (D4 grade) – 3,216 candidates (Advert Nos. 5 & 6/2025)
- Principal and Principal SNE (D3 grade) – 80 candidates (Advert Nos. 7 & 8/2025)
- Senior Curriculum Support Officer (D2 grade) – 68 candidates (Advert No. 13/2025)
- Curriculum Support Officer I (D1 grade) – 362 candidates (Advert No. 14/2025)
- Curriculum Support Officer II (C5 grade) – 560 candidates (Advert Nos. 19 & 20/2025)
Roadmap for the Promotion Exercise
The Commission has outlined the following roadmap for the promotion exercise:
- Virtual sensitization of Headquarters Officers, Regional, County and Sub County Directors – Friday, 12th September 2025.
- Shortlisting of candidates – 16th to 23rd September 2025.
- Interviews for Primary School candidates – 6th to 10th October 2025.
- Interviews for Post Primary teachers and CSOs – 13th to 24th October 2025.
- Submission of interview materials – 3rd to 7th November 2025.
The Commission directed that all venues must be accessible to candidates with disabilities and all officers involved must exercise the highest degree of confidentiality, integrity and professionalism throughout the process.
Scoring Guidelines for TSC Promotions
The promotion exercise will be guided by the Commission’s scoring framework, age, years of service in the current grade and administrative experience. According to the scoresheet:
- Teachers aged 52–56 years will get 25 marks, those aged 47–51 years will get 20 marks, those below 41 years will get 10 marks.
- Service in the current grade will be up to 30 marks, seven years or more will get full marks, three years will get 10 marks.
- Acting or previously held administrative roles will be recognized and awarded marks.
Number of Promotion Vacancies
The October 2025 exercise will fill 21,313 promotional vacancies in primary and post primary institutions and Curriculum Support Officer positions.
TSC noted that more vacancies will be created in 2026 following President William Ruto’s pledge to increase teacher promotion opportunities from 25,000 to 50,000 annually. During a meeting at State House, the President announced that the government will increase the budgetary allocation for teacher promotions from KSh 1 billion to KSh 2 billion annually.
Since President Ruto took office, the Commission has promoted 97,255 teachers, broken down as follows:
- 14,034 in December 2022,
- 36,275 in September 2023,
- 25,633 in 2024,
- 21,313 in August 2025.
The exercise will be done as per the guidelines and timelines. Results will be submitted daily through official channels and final reports at the end of the exercise.
