The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) and the Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) have signed a major agreement that will make it easier and faster for teachers to be considered for promotions under a revised Career Progression Guideline.

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The Memorandum of Understanding, signed on Friday, is anchored on the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) signed between the two parties in July last year and is expected to streamline long-standing promotion delays in the teaching service.

Under the new arrangement, teachers seeking promotions will no longer go through what has been described as a lengthy and complicated process before receiving recommendations and approvals for appointment.

TSC Chairperson Jamleck Muturi said the changes follow a year-long consultation process with teachers and their representatives aimed at addressing concerns raised over the current promotion framework.

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“For the last one year, we have been engaging with the unions, based on the signed CBA that we did in July last year. One of the issues that we have been looking at is the review of the career progression guideline for teachers,” Muturi said.

He noted that the current guideline, which has been in place since 2018, had created bottlenecks that slowed down career advancement for many teachers across the country.

Under the new system, teachers will now pass through six levels when being considered for promotion , a reduction from the previous structure that required progression through more stages before reaching senior positions.

KUPPET Chairperson Omboko Milemba said the revised framework aligns with regional practices, noting that Uganda operates on six levels and Rwanda on eight, while South Africa is moving towards four levels in its public service structures.

“We are very happy that this has now been reduced to six. If you compare that to best practices in East Africa, Uganda is at six, Rwanda is at eight, and South Africa, where we are headed, is at four,” he said.

The agreement also removes several structural barriers that had previously slowed down career progression, with stakeholders saying it will allow teachers to advance based on clearer and more predictable criteria.

📰 Source: Kenyans.co.ke