Meet Our Demands Or Face Action: Primary Headteachers Issue Ultimatum To TSC .
Meet Our Demands Or Face Action: Primary Headteachers Issue Ultimatum To TSC . Primary School Headteachers Demand Promotions from TSC as Responsibilities Grow.
Primary school headteachers are calling on the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to recognize their expanding roles by implementing promotions for administrators managing comprehensive schools nationwide. With the rollout of the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC), these headteachers now oversee Junior Secondary School (JSS), pre-primary, and primary levels, taking on significant additional responsibilities.
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The Kenya Primary Schools Heads Association (KEPSHA) argues that overseeing comprehensive schools—each managed under a single headteacher and board—requires more support and career progression options. Many headteachers remain stagnant at Job Group D1, without a clear path to advance to D2. Johnson Nzioka, KEPSHA’s national chairperson, emphasized the need for a policy allowing headteachers to progress, saying, “How will these teachers be appreciated? Will there be an opening where they can progress from D1 to D2?” He urged the Head of the Public Service and TSC to resolve the issue of career stagnation.
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The demands were voiced during KEPSHA’s annual general conference in Mombasa, attended by over 23,000 primary school heads, alongside Head of Public Service Felix Koskei, Education CS Julius Ogamba, and TSC CEO Nancy Macharia.
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Primary school heads currently manage both Free Primary and Junior School Education funds nationwide and serve as secretaries to school boards, a role that is expanding with the anticipated arrival of Grade 9 students in January 2025. The government’s shift to house Grade 9 within primary schools rather than secondary institutions adds another layer of responsibility for headteachers, with the need to build over 11,000 new classrooms to accommodate these students.
President William Ruto recently assured that these classrooms will be ready by January, with support from the National Government Constituency Development Fund (NG-CDF) to meet the pressing infrastructure needs in time.
