Originally Posted by Unregistered

It’s not true that you must be a scholar to have a decent rate of progression.

I have 5 batchmates at NIE who I still keep in touch with. None of us are scholars.
All of us are SHs/HODs now, and all of us got SEO1 within 1-2yrs of each other. We averaged 11-12 years from GEO2 to SEO1, it’s not scholar speed but still decent.

Lets not demoralise new teachers by making them think its impossible to progress and that they will get stuck. You can still progress fine with consistent good performance.