TSC’s 1,631 Re-Advertised Promotion Slots: Adverts 108–110 After the 34,016 Boards — What Applicants Should Do Now

TSC · Promotions · Re-advertisement · Career Progression

As the main promotion interview boards for about 34,016 vacancies wind down around 25 September 2026, the Teachers Service Commission is moving into a separate lane of 1,631 re-advertised promotion posts under Adverts 108/2026, 109/2026 and 110/2026. The application window for those three adverts closed at midnight on 14 September 2026. This briefing tells applicants what documents to keep ready and how this lane differs from the large 34,016 boards and from the 54,016 package story.

If you applied under Adverts 108/2026, 109/2026 or 110/2026, treat late September as a shortlisting and readiness window — not another open call. The Teachers Service Commission re-advertised 1,631 promotional vacancies for serving teachers: 132 Deputy Principal III (Regular) at Grade D1 / T-Scale 11; 29 Senior Master II at Grade D1 / T-Scale 11; and 1,470 Deputy Headteacher II (Regular) at Grade C4 / T-Scale 9. Online applications through the teachers’ portal closed at midnight on Monday, 14 September 2026. Teachers who had already applied successfully under the earlier advertisement for the same posts were told they need not reapply. What remains is monitoring official shortlisting and interview instructions, and assembling the clearance documents boards usually demand.

What this means. This is a distinct promotion file from the ~34,016 interview boards that have been running through September. Do not merge confirmation screenshots, board summons or scoresheet talk from the large exercise into this 1,631 folder. Different adverts, different grades, different next notices.

The three adverts in one table

• Advert 108/2026 — Deputy Principal III (Regular) — Grade D1, T-Scale 11, 132 vacancies. Leadership track for post-primary institutions where the Commission has vacant deputy-principal posts.
• Advert 109/2026 — Senior Master II — Grade D1, T-Scale 11, 29 vacancies. Senior teaching and departmental leadership band; the smallest of the three re-advertised cadres.
• Advert 110/2026 — Deputy Headteacher II (Regular) — Grade C4, T-Scale 9, 1,470 vacancies. The bulk of the re-advertisement, targeting primary leadership where deputy-headteacher posts remain open.

Successful candidates are posted where vacancies exist. Only portal submissions count; manual applications are not accepted. Persons with disabilities were expressly encouraged to apply under the Commission’s equal-opportunity notice.

How this differs from the 34,016 boards and the 54,016 package

Public reporting has framed the next phase for these 1,631 posts as starting after the Commission wraps the ongoing interviews for the much larger ~34,016 promotion vacancies — boards that have been scheduled through about 25 September 2026 for secondary, teacher-training and Curriculum Support Officer panels among others. That large exercise is not a prerequisite for, and is not the same as, shortlisting under Adverts 108–110.

Keep a third shelf for the 54,016 staffing clarification (about 34,016 promotions plus 20,000 post-primary / Junior School teaching posts). The 1,631 re-advertisement sits inside the promotion architecture, but it is a narrower, re-opened set of leadership grades — not a restatement of the full 54,016 headline, and not the closed 20,000 new-hire window.

What this is not. It is not a fresh open application window after 14 September. It is not the scoresheet-through-25-September briefing for teachers already on the large boards. It is not the 20,000 Junior School permanent-post recruitment, and it is not the Budget intern/confirmation lane.

Documents boards typically expect — prepare now

Promotion interview packs vary by circular, but teachers who wait until the summons arrives usually scramble. Build a labelled folder now:

• Identity and registration — national ID, TSC number evidence, current payslip.
• Academic file — certificates and transcripts matching the grade you applied for; bring originals and clear certified copies.
• Clearances commonly requested — Certificate of Good Conduct; HELB clearance where the Commission or board notice lists it; any other statutory clearance named on your summons.
• Service evidence — confirmation of current station and grade from your head of institution; evidence you meet Career Progression Guideline experience for the target grade.
• Application trail — portal acknowledgement for Advert 108, 109 or 110 (or proof of the earlier successful application if you were told not to reapply).

Practical next-step checklist

1. Confirm your advert number — 108, 109 or 110 — and keep the acknowledgement screenshot with the date visible.
2. Do not re-open a closed portal — the midnight 14 September deadline has passed; late manual submissions will not cure a missed click.
3. Assemble the document pack above before any county or panel summons is issued.
4. Watch only official TSC surfaces — teachersonline / Commission circulars for shortlisting and interview dates. Ignore “guaranteed lists.”
5. Attend only on an official summons — carry the named documents; do not travel on a forwarded PDF without Commission letterhead and verifiable reference.
6. Keep three stories separate — 1,631 re-advertised leadership slots; ~34,016 large promotion boards; 20,000 Junior School new-hire file.
7. Refuse brokers — nobody outside TSC can sell you a shortlist place, a county preference or a scoresheet rewrite.

Next step. This week: label your advert folder, finish Good Conduct and HELB clearance if still pending, and set a twice-weekly check of official TSC notices through early October. Do not act on any interview claim you cannot match to a Commission circular or portal record.

Bottom line

The 1,631 re-advertised posts are a real, narrower promotion lane — 132 Deputy Principal III, 29 Senior Master II and 1,470 Deputy Headteacher II — whose applications closed on 14 September 2026. As the large ~34,016 boards conclude around 25 September, applicants under Adverts 108–110 should shift from applying to document readiness and official shortlisting watch. Treat every other TSC headline as a different file until a Commission notice says otherwise.