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Abstract
This study investigated the effect of tutors’ personal characteristics (age, qualification, gender, career aspiration and experience) on career progression in Public Teacher Training Colleges (PTTCs) in Kenya. The study was conducted as a descriptive survey with 264 tutors randomly sampled from eight public teacher colleges in Kenya. Data were collected using a questionnaire for tutors and an interview schedule for Principals. Random sampling was used to pick respondents involved in the study. A total of 207 respondents returned the questionnaire out of 264 representing 78.4 % return rate which was deemed acceptable. One way ANOVA was used to test the relationship between each selected variable and tutors career progression at 0.05. The study found that age, gender, and experience were not significantly related to tutors’ career progression. Tutors’ career aspiration and qualifications were found to be significantly related (a =0.05) to tutors career progression. The study concluded that there is need to systematically address personal characteristics of tutors towards career progression to stem tutor job dissatisfaction and possible attrition. Key terms: Primary teacher colleges, Career progression, Tutors, Teaching