Kenya Teachers Service Commission to Advertise 34,000 Teacher Promotions

NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 25 — The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) will next week advertise more than 34,000 teacher promotion vacancies, while transitioning 20,000 Junior Secondary School (JSS) teachers to permanent and pensionable terms as part of efforts to strengthen the countrys education sector. The announcement was made by TSC Chairperson Dr. Jamleck Muturi during the 40th anniversary celebrations of St. Georges Girls Secondary School in Nairobi on Friday, where Education Cabinet Secretary Dr. Julius Ogamba, representing President William Ruto, also outlined the governments education priorities for the 2026/27 financial year. Muturi said the latest promotions build on the governments recruitment of 100,000 teachers and promotion of 270,000 others over the past three years. To the teachers of the whole country, because of the pragmatic leadership of His Excellency the President, the government has been able to employ 100,000 teachers. The government has been able to promote 270,000 teachers. And next week we are advertising the promotion of over 34,000 teachers, he said. He added that funding had also been allocated to absorb 20,000 JSS teachers on permanent and pensionable terms. The government also has set aside money to convert 20,000 JSS teachers to permanent and pensionable terms. So this is all meant to ensure that the teachers are motivated, because when you have a motivated teacher, we will have a motivated learner, and the students will perform well, he said. In a speech delivered on behalf of President Ruto, Ogamba announced that the government had allocated Sh784.5 billion to the education sector in the 2026/27 financial year, the largest allocation in the national budget. He said the funding will support continued implementation of the Competency-Based Education (CBE) curriculum, expansion of digital learning infrastructure and equipping learners with skills aligned to the governments Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA). The Cabinet Secretary also addressed the recent wave of unrest in schools, saying the Ministry of Education was investigating the causes of the incidents while calling for stronger parental involvement in raising children. He said closer collaboration between schools, parents and communities would be critical in addressing the challenges affecting learners. Ogamba also reminded students to take advantage of the ongoing Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) inter-institutional transfer exercise before the August 14 deadline. The exercise allows students from the 2023, 2024 and 2025 KCSE cohorts who have already secured placement in universities, Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions and teacher training colleges to apply for transfers to different institutions or programmes, provided they meet the admission requirements. The transfer window follows KUCCPS placement of 293,869 students into institutions of higher learning for the 2026/27 academic year. Muturi also pledged to deploy additional teachers to St. Georges Girls Secondary School, saying the institution was operating with a shortage of eleven teachers. I have noted with concern the deficiency of teachers. I have been informed the school is having that problem. We will be able to work together with the CS and we will deploy teachers here. We did it before the school was formed, and we are going to do it even this year, he said. He encouraged eligible teachers to apply for the upcoming promotion exercise, noting that teachers at the school had also benefited from previous promotions. The TSC Chairperson urged parents to complement classroom learning by instilling values and character in their children, arguing that academic excellence alone was insufficient. Quoting Mahatma Gandhi, he said, Education without character is a social evil. It doesnt matter the level of education if you have no character, that knowledge will kill you, he added. Muturi also cautioned parents to