Thousands of teachers shortlisted for the 2026 TSC promotion interviews are unable to access their TPAD reports because the TPAD portal is experiencing server crashes and timeouts. This guide explains how to download archived TPAD reports for 2023–2025, how TPAD marks affect promotion scores, the documents you must bring to interviews, and practical tips to complete your promotion file despite technical outages.
Key Takeaways
- TPAD reports for 2023–2025 are mandatory for TSC promotion verification and contribute up to 10 marks on the promotion score sheet.
- If the TPAD portal is unstable, try off-peak hours and follow a step-by-step download routine to capture archived appraisals.
- Calculate each year’s average from three term scores and have the printed TPAD pages stamped by your Head of Institution.
- Prepare a complete physical portfolio: IDs, payslips, appointment and promotion letters, certificates, responsibility letters, and certified TPAD reports.
TPAD reports: How to download and prepare
When the TPAD portal works, follow these steps to access and print archived records for 2023, 2024 and 2025. Work during early morning or late evening off-peak hours for better chances of success.
- Log in: Open your browser and go to the official TPAD portal at https://tpad2.tsc.go.ke/. Enter your TSC number, ID number, password and captcha.
- Navigate to appraisals: Click the APPRAISALS tab then select SELF APPRAISAL.
- View archived appraisals: Click VIEW ARCHIVED APPRAISAL and locate the years 2023, 2024 and 2025.
- Bypass browser warnings: If your browser shows a security warning for legacy archives, select Advanced and choose Proceed. This often appears for older government server directories.
- Open each term: Click VIEW APPRAISAL for every term and confirm the term grade, teaching standards scores and HOI comments are visible.
- Print to PDF: Press CTRL + P and save each appraisal page as a PDF or print directly. Check margins to ensure no information is cut off.
- Certification: Present printed pages to your Head of Institution for official stamping and signature. Keep originals and certified photocopies in your promotion file.
How to calculate annual TPAD averages
Panels require accurate annual averages for promotion scoring. Calculate them exactly as follows:
- Collect the final percentage or mark for each term in a given year (Term 1, Term 2, Term 3).
- Add the three term totals.
- Divide the sum by three to get the annual average.
- Enter these averages into the promotion portal exactly as calculated to avoid integrity queries during verification.
How TPAD marks affect TSC promotion scores
TPAD performance contributes measurable marks to the promotion score sheet. Panels use these marks to assess consistent classroom performance and professional contribution.
- 81% and above: 10 marks
- 61% – 80%: 8 marks
- 41% – 60%: 6 marks
- 21% – 40%: 4 marks
- 1% – 20%: 2 marks
Because promotions are often decided by narrow margins, missing TPAD documentation can cost you critical marks.
Documents to present at the live promotion panel
Assemble a neat, paginated portfolio and use dividers for each document type. Core documents include:
- Original National ID and a clear photocopy.
- Original academic and professional certificates (KCSE, PTE, Diploma, BEd, MEd where applicable).
- Letter of appointment to current grade and the last promotion letter.
- Latest TSC payslip showing station code and pay status.
- Letters assigning responsibilities (BOM appointments or acting letters) for administrative posts.
- Printed and stamped TPAD reports for 2023–2025.
- Evidence of professional engagement (county training, exam marking, curriculum work, published material).
- Co‑curricular engagement records (sports, science fairs, music festivals).
Practical tips to improve your chances
- Try the portal during off-peak hours and keep multiple attempts short to avoid session timeouts.
- If you can’t download TPAD pages, bring any available screenshots, email confirmations or school-stamped summaries and explain the portal outage to the panel.
- Organize and number pages; panels appreciate clear, easy-to-verify files.
- Prepare evidence of professional development—past papers and training records strengthen your case. For teaching and curriculum references, review CBC curriculum designs and subject guides.
- Upgrade your qualifications or refresh content knowledge using sample and past papers, for example Diploma in Education past papers or Bachelor of Education (Arts) past papers.
- Classroom teachers preparing classroom evidence can use practice exams and notes; see the free CBC exams section for sample assessments.
Final checklist before the interview
- Printed and stamped TPAD reports for 2023–2025.
- All original certificates and certified photocopies.
- Recent payslip and appointment/promotion letters.
- Evidence of professional and co‑curricular engagement, clearly labeled.
- Portfolio organized, paginated and ready for panel verification.
Although server instability is frustrating, thorough preparation and careful documentation can protect your promotion prospects. Prioritize getting stamped TPAD pages, calculate your annual averages accurately, and present a clear, certified portfolio to the panel.
