TSC Announces Salary Increment For This Categories Of Teachers Starting July 2022
The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has said that a total of 186,744 teachers are now set to receive salary increment from July this year as part of the implementation of the Second Phase of the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) signed between their unions and the Teachers Service Commission.
Majority of the teachers who will benefit from the program are teachers serving at primary schools. This category of teachers are now awaiting for the approval of Shs18 billion Budget presented by their employer before Parliament that will pave way for the access of the enhanced pay.
The teachers falling in job grades H (128,047 teachers), J (15,140 teachers) and K (43,557 teachers) are among the top beneficiaries.
With the above new deal, those primary teachers at Grade B5 (formerly Job Group ‘H’) who are currently drawing Shs19,224 monthly will earn Shs21,756 from July this year. This group of teachers can progressively draw up to a maximum of Shs27,195 in basic salaries within this pay bracket.
Teachers at Grade C1 (formerly Job Group ‘J’) who take home Shs25,929 currently will be happy to receive Shs27,195 in basic salaries in July this YEAR. This group of teachers can earn up to a ceiling of Shs 33,994 progressively over the years.
Job Grade C2 (formerly Job Group K) who currently receive Shs32,988 will have their new salary improving to earn Shs34,955 this July. Teachers in this category can earn up to a maximum of Shs43,694.
Teachers in other job grades will be ineligible for higher pay this July but would be getting a handsome reward in the last two phases of the CBA.
TSC Chief Executive Officer Nancy Macharia reiterated that the implementation of the CBA that would benefit all the 312,060 teachers under its employment was a priority and asked the legislators to push for the approval of the funds as this would assure industrial peace within the teaching service.
On recruitment of teachers, TSC roughly requires about Shs16 billion to cater for the recruitment of 68,000 intern teachers as a stop-gap measure in plugging the rising shortfall of tutors in public institutions.
The TSC also sought Shs 5 billion to recruit 12,000 teachers to address the present shortage and another Shs 3.6 billion to hire another 5,476 to take care of additional learners arising from the 100% transition to secondary school.
The Commission further revealed that they have a shortage of 40,972 teachers in primary schools and 63,849 in secondary schools totaling to a deficit of 104,000 teachers in public primary and secondary schools.
