The Teachers Service Commission’s (TSC) recent promotion decisions remain an unresolved enigma, with several newly promoted administrators receiving letters, reporting to new stations, and bidding farewell to colleagues before the half-term break—only to retire by July 1.
Education News has learnt that the affected schools’ board of management have been left wondering whether the commission means well for their institutions.
It is further reported that some of these administrators opted not to report but instead decided to wait for the half-term to end, then retire before stepping into their new stations.
“What am I going to do in the school I am posted to when I only have ten days to retire?” wondered Peter, who was promoted as the headteacher despite retiring on 30th June this year.
Many of the retiring cohort who retire at the end of June are jittery about whether the commission will use the newly acquired grade to compute their pension, since it will not be reflected in this month’s payslip.
“Had the promotion come in February as per our anticipation, I would be sure of consideration in pension calculation. But with this scenario, I have to prepare for any eventuality,” answered Edna.
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Teachers’ unions that spoke to this platform blamed earlier governments for teacher stagnation. “What is the commission solving now if administrators are reporting as they exit for retirement?
This means the affected schools will remain with administrative gaps they have been grappling with,” intimated an enraged KUPPET official from South Rift.
“I wish I had been given this opportunity early enough. Nobody will ever recognise me as an administrator since I will not exercise my administrative skills,” lamented Aggrey, who kept on staring at his promotion letter, which was to make him an AIE holder, had it come a month or two before his June 30 retirement.
A similar predicament is also faced by a significant number of deputy headteachers in both primary and secondary schools. Some who spoke to this platform implored upon the employer to do favours to them by ensuring that their belated promotion impacted in their retirement.
They further pleaded for timely promotion to avoid the frustration they have gone through during their active years of service.
By Wesley Kinyoro.
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