The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has three days to explain the circumstances under which 5,291 teachers who had not served for at least three years in their grades were promoted.

The National Assembly Committee on Education yesterday also accused TSC of disadvantaging some sections of the country in recent promotions after changing the rules, which saw some of the teachers who have been waiting for promotion, some for up to 18 years, miss out.

Commissioners, led by the Chief Executive Officer Nancy Macharia and chairperson Jamleck Muturi, were put to task to explain why some teachers were promoted before serving for the required period. "When you look at these promotions, it looks like they were shared by commissioners.

I come from a constituency where only 30 teachers were promoted and would like to know the population of teachers in the sub-county.