Primary school heads want TSC to promote administrators who manage comprehensive schools nationwide.
The school heads said the management of junior secondary schools has brought additional responsibilities that necessitate promotion.
Primary School headteachers are overseeing the management of JSS, pre-primary and primary schools following the roll-out of the Competence-Based Curriculum.
They argued that the establishment of comprehensive schools which are under the management of one board with a single headteacher has come with huge responsibilities.
"Headteachers have stagnated at job Group D1 because there is no policy for progressive movement. How will these teachers be appreciated? Will there be an opening where they can progress from D1 to D2?'' said Kenya Primary Schools Heads Association national chairperson Johnson Nzioka.
"We expect the Head of the Public Service and the TSC to give us an assurance about this issue to address the problem of stagnation with finality.''
Nzioka spoke in Mombasa during the Kepsha annual general conference where primary school heads are meeting to discuss pertinent issues affecting the reduction sector.
Head of the Public Service Felix Koskei and Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba are on Tuesday expected to grace the conference alongside TSC Chief Executive Officer Nancy Macharia.
Over 23,000 primary school heads are attending the conference in Mombasa to deliberate on critical matters including the structural changes in education.
Headteachers are in charge of the management of Free Primary Education and Free Junior School Education funds nationwide.
Primary School heads are the secretaries to the boards of management for comprehensive schools with additional responsibilities expected next year when Grade 9 pupils report to school.
Grade 9 is domiciled in primary schools after the government rescinded its earlier plan to have the classes accommodated in secondary schools.
The government is racing against time to build enough classrooms in all public primary schools to accommodate the learners when they return to school in January 2025.
President William Ruto last week said the government will complete the construction of over 11,000 classrooms in public schools before January next year.
The government is partnering with the National Government Constituency Development Funds to put up additional classrooms for Grade 9 pupils.
