Several teachers will receive salary increases this month of July from the Teachers Service Commission (TSC).
Teachers who are employed permanently and are eligible for pensions will get pay raises from the Commission. Teachers on contracts and interns are not included in this.
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Please take note that the TSC and the teachers’ unions Knut, Kuppet, and Kusnet have not reached a consensus to review the CBA 2021–2025 and incorporate teacher compensation improvements.
If there are to be any adjustments to the salary component of the CBA, TSC and Knut have already made it plain that they won’t take effect until after the general elections of 2022. Additionally, the agreed-upon pay adjustments can only take effect following the July 2023 budget.
The category of teachers who will receive compensation increases is listed below.
School administrators who fall into one of the six job groupings on the Commission’s list will receive a salary increase with back pay in July.
These instructors are reportedly eligible for wage raises since, in accordance with the CBA 2017–2021 rules, they have not yet hit their maximum salary points, or “bar.”
According to TSC, the grades C4, C5, D1, D2, D3, and D4 still have not reached the maximum salary points allowed by the CBA 2017–2021 salary banding.
Starting on July 1st, 2020, TSC said it will increase the wage points for these grades.
From the time the teachers reached the maximum wage point until January 2022, the Commission will pay them their compensation increase in arrears.
When funds are available, the arrears will be processed by July 2022, according to the Commission.
Extended wage points from Grade C4 to D4 are listed below.
Salary point C4 Salary point C5 Salary point D1 Salary point D2 Salary point D3 Salary point D4
1 52,308 1 62,272 1 77,840 1 91,041 1 104,644 1 118,242
2 55,604 2 64,631 2 85,269 2 93,850 2 107,873 2 121,890
3 56,347 3 67,080 3 87,900 3 96,745 3 111,201 3 125,651
4 58,482 4 69,622 4 89,748 4 99,730 4 114,632 4 129,528
5 60,698 5 72,260 5 90,612 5 102,807 5 118,169 5 133,524
6 62,998 6 74,998 6 91,041 6 105,979 6 121,815 6 137,644
7 65,385 7 77,840 7 93,408 7 109,249 7 125,573 7 141,891
According to the table above grade C4, C5, D1 and D4 the elongated salary scale points are from point three to seven.
While grades D2 and D3 the elongated salary scale points are from point two to seven. The arrears will be paid this month.
However TSC says teachers in grades B5, C1, C2, C3 and D5 will not get payrise because they are not eligible according to the CBA 2017 -2021 terms.
TSC says the teachers have reached their maximum salary points and therefore it will not be possible for their salaries to progress upward.
“Grades B5, C1, C2, C3, and D5 have reached the maximum salary points provided for in the banding by the completion of the cycle for CBA 2017 – 2021,” said Nancy Macharia in the document.
2. TSC TEACHERS ON PERMANENT AND PENSIONABLE TERMS
The other category of teachers who will see salary changes this month are those who are on permanent and pensionable terms and have completed at least one year in service.
The teachers will earn what is called annual salary increment paid yearly to teachers on permanent terms.
The coming of Career Progression Guidelines (CPG) ended job stagnation unlike in Schemes of Service (SoS) where a teacher would work and retire in same job group.
The lowest grade teachers, B5, also known as Primary Teacher II, will get at least sh. 1,000 in increment.
The Commission was allocated the lion’s share of Sh298.37 billion of the Sh3.33 trillion national budget.
The money includes Sh297.72 billion in recurrent expenditure and Sh656 million for development.
A total of Sh289.97 billion allocated to TSC will finance teacher resource management, Sh1.16 billion will be spent for governance and standards, and Sh7.24 billion for general administration, planning and support services.
According to CBA 2021 – 2025 teachers in lowest job group, B5, will move gradually till they reach their maximum salary point of sh. 27,195.
The same applies to teachers in other job groups. For example currently a teacher in job group C1 also known as Primary Teacher I earns a basic salary of sh. 30,405.
This teacher has not attained the maximum salary point of sh. 33,994 which he will meet through annual salary increments determined by number of notches.
Annual salary increment used to be paid to teachers depending on the month they were absorbed into TSC payroll.
However after coming of the CPG and signing of CBA 2017 – 2021 this changed as teachers were automatically moved to new job groups same month of July.
BASIC SALARY OF TEACHERS AS CAPTURED IN LAST CBA 2021 – 2025
Grade Basic Pay
Minimum Basic Pay
Maximum No. of Notches
B5 21,756 27,195 6
C1 27,195 33,994 6
C2 34,955 43,694 6
C3 43,154 53,943 6
C4 52,308 65,385 7
C5 62,272 77,840 7
D1 77,840 93,408 7
D2 91,041 109,249 7
D3 104,644 125,573 7
D4 118,242 141,891 7
D5 131,380 157,656 7
