50,000 teachers to be promoted in 2026/27 financial year; President Ruto
50,000 teachers to be promoted in 2026/27 financial year; President Ruto
Fifty thousand teachers will be promoted this financial year, President William Ruto has announced, making it the largest teacher promotion exercise undertaken in a single year in Kenya.
The President said the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) had already advertised 34,016 promotion opportunities, but directed that the number be increased to 50,000.
“The Government will provide additional funding to make this possible,” he pointed out.
Speaking during World Teachers’ Day celebrations at Kasarani Gymnasium in Nairobi on Monday, President Ruto stated that the Government had doubled the teacher promotion budget from Ksh.1 billion to Ksh.2 billion.
Since the President took office in 2022, 126,462 teachers have been promoted, more than under any previous administration.
At the same time, President Ruto said a review of new career progression guidelines had been finalised by the TSC and teachers’ unions and was awaiting approval by the Salaries and Remuneration Commission.
The President pointed out that investment in education had increased from Ksh.526 billion in 2021/22 to Ksh.702 billion in 2025/26 and has now topped Ksh.784.5 billion, making education the largest allocation in the national budget.
He said the increased investment was aimed at strengthening the education system and improving teachers’ welfare, professional growth and working conditions.
He pointed out that the Government had recruited 100,000 teachers in the past four years, with another 20,000 expected to join by December 2026, the largest expansion of the teaching workforce in our nation’s history.
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Further, the President said the Government had provided Ksh.4.9 billion to move 20,000 contract teachers, who have served a two-year internship, to permanent and pensionable terms in January 2027.
On professional development, he noted that more than 220,000 teachers had been re-tooled for Competency-Based Education, while KSh952 million had been provided for teacher capacity development.
President Ruto explained that the Government had built more than 23,000 classrooms and was equipping 1,600 laboratories to support science and the Senior School Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics pathway.
On remuneration, the President explained that the first phase of salary increases under the current Collective Bargaining Agreement was paid last year and the second phase in July 2026.
He said this year’s budget had provided a further Ksh.8.1 billion to keep the implementation of the agreement on schedule.
The Government had also strengthened teachers’ medical cover under the Social Health Authority (SHA), doubling inpatient access from 7 per cent to 14 per cent.
He said the number of facilities where teachers can access inpatient care had also increased from 900 to 3,871.
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