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TSC new salaries for primary school teacher I (Job group H/ Grade C1): July 2021-2025 TSC salaries

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Primary school teacher I (T-scale 6) is a promotional grade for primary school teachers. Among other requirements, to get promoted to this grade one must have served as Primary Teacher II T-Scale 5 for a minimum period of three (3) years. These tutors earn monthly basic salaries of Sh27,195.

The basic salaries for these teachers are paid depending on the areas where they work. Teachers who work in Nairobi get a slightly higher house allowance compared to those plying their trade in rural schools. But, all these tutors earn an equal amount of commuter allowance; which is Sh4,000.

To know your exact salary, check your current salary (under the current salary column) and move along the row to the right. what you see under gross pay is what you will earn before deductions.

Those working in hardship areas (get Sh8,200) plus those handling physically challenged students get extra allowances.

Remember, the commission pays a flat rate of Sh4,000 per year as leave allowance. This is paid together with the January salaries.

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Salary scales for primary teacher I tutors:

Table 1: Salaries for primary school teacher 1 working in Nairobi.
SALARY POINTS JOB GROUP GRADE CURRENT SALARY BASIC SALARY FROM JULY 2020 COMMUTER ALLOWANCE HOUSE ALLOWANCE GROSS SALARY: JULY 2020-2021
1 H C1 27,195 27,195 4,000 10,000 41,195
2 H C1 27,195 27,195 4,000 10,000 41,195
3 H C1 27,195 27,195 4,000 10,000 41,195
4 H C1 27,195 27,195 4,000 10,000 41,195
5 H C1 27,195 27,195 4,000 10,000 41,195
6 H C1 27,195 27,195 4,000 10,000 41,195

 

Table 2: Salaries for primary school teacher 1 working in former major municipalities (Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru, Nyeri, Eldoret, Thika, Kisii, Malindi and Kitale)
SALARY POINTS JOB GROUP GRADE CURRENT SALARY BASIC SALARY FROM JULY 2020 COMMUTER ALLOWANCE HOUSE ALLOWANCE GROSS SALARY: JULY 2020-2021
1 H C1 27,195 27,195 4,000 7,500 38,695
2 H C1 27,195 27,195 4,000 7,500 38,695
3 H C1 27,195 27,195 4,000 7,500 38,695
4 H C1 27,195 27,195 4,000 7,500 38,695
5 H C1 27,195 27,195 4,000 7,500 38,695
6 H C1 27,195 27,195 4,000 7,500 38,695

 

Table 3: Salaries for primary school teacher 1 working in other former municipalities
SALARY POINTS JOB GROUP GRADE CURRENT SALARY BASIC SALARY FROM JULY 2020 COMMUTER ALLOWANCE HOUSE ALLOWANCE GROSS SALARY: JULY 2020-2021
1 H C1 27,195 27,195 4,000 7,500 38,695
2 H C1 27,195 27,195 4,000 7,500 38,695
3 H C1 27,195 27,195 4,000 7,500 38,695
4 H C1 27,195 27,195 4,000 7,500 38,695
5 H C1 27,195 27,195 4,000 7,500 38,695
6 H C1 27,195 27,195 4,000 7,500 38,695

 

Table 4: Salaries for primary school teacher 1 working in other areas
SALARY POINTS JOB GROUP GRADE CURRENT SALARY BASIC SALARY FROM JULY 2020 COMMUTER ALLOWANCE HOUSE ALLOWANCE GROSS SALARY: JULY 2020-2021
1 H C1 27,195 27,195 4,000 4,200 35,395
2 H C1 27,195 27,195 4,000 4,200 35,395
3 H C1 27,195 27,195 4,000 4,200 35,395
4 H C1 27,195 27,195 4,000 4,200 35,395
5 H C1 27,195 27,195 4,000 4,200 35,395
6 H C1 27,195 27,195 4,000 4,200 35,395
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Ministry wants teachers back to schools: See reasons given

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Teachers may be forced to cut short their covid-19 holiday and report back to schools, if the latest circular by the ministry of education is to go by. According to the contents of the circular, seen by this reporter, most public schools have been left unattended since schools were closed in mid-March as a precautionary measure to curb spread of covid-19 in learning institutions.

The ministry is concerned that school properties have been exposed to vandalism and theft as a result of the pro-longed absence of teachers and learners.

“This is to inform you that reports reaching us indicate that most learning institutions are left unmanned in the day and night, therefore exposing our institutions to vandalism and theft,” reads a memo from the Ministry officials to secondary school principals and primary school head teachers.

With re-opening of basic learning institutions pushed to January next year, the ministry has now directed school administrators ‘to ensure that schools are guarded during the day and night.’ This directive will open a Pandora’s box as most schools sent staff on unpaid leaves. School guards who should otherwise safeguard institutions’ properties have received no salaries for the last over 4 months as school accounts ran dry.

WHO MANAGES TEACHERS

What will cause a storm among the teachers’ circles is another directive that requires ‘teachers to be deployed on duty as usual’. With most teachers staying far away from schools it will be almost impossible to have them on duty at this time.

Pictures that have been doing rounds on social media platforms show the sorry state of schools; with some classrooms invaded by anthills. But, the ministry now wants ‘bushes in school compounds to be cleared’.

Management of teachers is the sole responsibility of the Teachers Service Commission, TSC. The ministry has been at logger heads with the teachers’ employer over this key role. Consequently, unless such orders to have teachers manning schools are issued by TSC the teachers may opt to ignore directives from other quarters.

A section of the media and Kenyans have been pushing for the suspension of payment of teachers’ salaries. Proponents hold that the government should not pay teachers as they are ‘off’ duty; terming them ‘idle’.

TSC has indicated that salary increments for teachers will be paid at the end of July; as agreed in the current CBA.

This move did not go down well with teachers who turned to social media to castigate those moving the agenda; to have their salaries chopped.

Again, some other schools are being used as covid-19 isolation centres. Having teachers report to such institutions will only further escalate spread of the deadly virus.

RE-ASSIGNEd DUTIES

Some other campaigners have been pushing for re-assignment of new roles to teachers. The list of the so called ‘patriotic duties’ is long. From manning places of worship, working at ‘Huduma’ centres to enforcing curfews and covid-19 health regulations….

It remains to be seen if indeed teachers will be pushed back to schools to do the menial jobs.

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New TSC salaries for primary school teacher 1 (Job group H/ Grade C1): July 2020-2020 TSC salaries

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Primary school teacher I (T-scale 6) is a promotional grade for primary school teachers. Among other requirements, to get promoted to this grade one must have served as Primary Teacher II T-Scale 5 for a minimum period of three (3) years. These tutors earn monthly basic salaries of Sh27,195.

The basic salaries for these teachers are paid depending on the areas where they work. Teachers who work in Nairobi get a slightly higher house allowance compared to those plying their trade in rural schools. But, all these tutors earn an equal amount of commuter allowance; which is Sh4,000.

To know your exact salary, check your current salary (under the current salary column) and move along the row to the right. what you see under gross pay is what you will earn before deductions.

Those working in hardship areas (get Sh8,200) plus those handling physically challenged students get extra allowances.

Remember, the commission pays a flat rate of Sh4,000 per year as leave allowance. This is paid together with the January salaries.

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Salary scales for primary teacher I tutors:

Table 1: Salaries for primary school teacher 1 working in Nairobi.
SALARY POINTS JOB GROUP GRADE CURRENT SALARY BASIC SALARY FROM JULY 2020 COMMUTER ALLOWANCE HOUSE ALLOWANCE GROSS SALARY: JULY 2020-2021
1 H C1 27,195 27,195 4,000 10,000 41,195
2 H C1 27,195 27,195 4,000 10,000 41,195
3 H C1 27,195 27,195 4,000 10,000 41,195
4 H C1 27,195 27,195 4,000 10,000 41,195
5 H C1 27,195 27,195 4,000 10,000 41,195
6 H C1 27,195 27,195 4,000 10,000 41,195

 

Table 2: Salaries for primary school teacher 1 working in former major municipalities (Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru, Nyeri, Eldoret, Thika, Kisii, Malindi and Kitale)
SALARY POINTS JOB GROUP GRADE CURRENT SALARY BASIC SALARY FROM JULY 2020 COMMUTER ALLOWANCE HOUSE ALLOWANCE GROSS SALARY: JULY 2020-2021
1 H C1 27,195 27,195 4,000 7,500 38,695
2 H C1 27,195 27,195 4,000 7,500 38,695
3 H C1 27,195 27,195 4,000 7,500 38,695
4 H C1 27,195 27,195 4,000 7,500 38,695
5 H C1 27,195 27,195 4,000 7,500 38,695
6 H C1 27,195 27,195 4,000 7,500 38,695

 

Table 3: Salaries for primary school teacher 1 working in other former municipalities
SALARY POINTS JOB GROUP GRADE CURRENT SALARY BASIC SALARY FROM JULY 2020 COMMUTER ALLOWANCE HOUSE ALLOWANCE GROSS SALARY: JULY 2020-2021
1 H C1 27,195 27,195 4,000 7,500 38,695
2 H C1 27,195 27,195 4,000 7,500 38,695
3 H C1 27,195 27,195 4,000 7,500 38,695
4 H C1 27,195 27,195 4,000 7,500 38,695
5 H C1 27,195 27,195 4,000 7,500 38,695
6 H C1 27,195 27,195 4,000 7,500 38,695

 

Table 4: Salaries for primary school teacher 1 working in other areas
SALARY POINTS JOB GROUP GRADE CURRENT SALARY BASIC SALARY FROM JULY 2020 COMMUTER ALLOWANCE HOUSE ALLOWANCE GROSS SALARY: JULY 2020-2021
1 H C1 27,195 27,195 4,000 4,200 35,395
2 H C1 27,195 27,195 4,000 4,200 35,395
3 H C1 27,195 27,195 4,000 4,200 35,395
4 H C1 27,195 27,195 4,000 4,200 35,395
5 H C1 27,195 27,195 4,000 4,200 35,395
6 H C1 27,195 27,195 4,000 4,200 35,395
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New salaries for teachers as from 2021- TSC News

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Teachers working with the Teachers Service Commission, TSC, will receive reduced pay effective January 2021. This is after the Kenya Revenue Authority, KRA, introduced a new tax regime. The recently introduced tax rates replace the rates introduced in April 2020.

The move by KRA to collapse the 5 tax bands to three will see teachers pay more Pay As You Earn, PAYE, taxes.

And with the introduction of the new pension scheme, teachers’ earnings will drop further as from January 2021.

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NEW SALARIES FOR TEACHERS AFTER INTRODUCTION OF THE NEW TAX REGIME

Below are the basic salaries that teachers will earn as from January, 2021;

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TSC proposals on teachers’ new salary and allowances increments

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The Teachers Service Commission, TSC, has presented new salary increments to the Salaries and Remuneration Commission, SRC. The salaries increment are to be approved so as to be included in the next next Collective Bargaining Agreement, CBA; cycle. In the proposals, the Commission wants a basic salary increment of between 16 percent and 32 percent; with classroom teachers getting the higher perks.

The 16 percent rise in basic pay should be for teachers in administrative grades (C4 to D5) who reaped big from the 2016-2021 CBA. Classroom teachers in lower grades (B5 to C3) are to be awarded an increment of 30 percent.

But, the teachers’ unions ,Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) and Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET), are vehemently opposed to the proposals terming them a drop in the ocean. The unions claim there were no talks between them and TSC to come up with the new salary scales; as should be the case during the CBA negotiations.

KNUT is proposing a basic pay rise of between 120 and 200 percent, while KUPPET wants 30 to 70 percent increment.

For allowances, TSC is proposing a 20 percent increment in commuter and leave allowances. On its part, house allowance is to be increased by 10 percent. These proposals are by far much lower than what the unions are proposing.

DEMANDS BY KUPPET.

KUPPET is rooting for the expansion of teachers’ allowances so as to include post graduate and township allowances (meant for teachers staying in towns). The union also wants the Commission to harmonize house allowances for all teachers. Currently, tutors plying their trade in towns and former municipalities earn higher house allowances as opposed to their counterparts in rural areas. Harmonization of house allowances should be based on job group as opposed to regions.

Another allowance being fronted by KUPPET is special school allowance to be paid at a rate of Sh15,000 per month.

They also want the readers’ facilitation allowance to be reviewed by 30 percent so as the teachers will get Sh.19,500 per month. This allowance is paid to a visually impaired teacher who has engaged a reader whose minimum qualification is not below KCSE D+/KCE Division III. The allowance is paid at a fixed rate determined from time to time by the commission.

Also called facilitation or aid allowance, reader’s allowance is currently paid at a rate of Sh15,000 per month to the blind teachers and those confined to wheel chairs by virtue of their disability.

The current CBA cycle has expired, paving the way for implementation of the new one with effect from July 2021.

Still on allowances, KUPPET demands that leave allowance be paid based on one’s basic pay i.e. an equivalent of one month’s basic pay for all cadres.

KUPPET says the Commission has no scheme of service for teachers who have attained a Masters and Doctorate degrees. Instead, the employer awards three increments to the holders of such qualifications. The proposed scheme seeks to allow TSC recruit teachers possessing post-graduate qualifications at entry level.

The Union is demanding that the Post graduate scheme of service be developed and be eligible to all teachers holding a Master’s and Doctorate degree. The said teachers shall be paid an allowance equivalent to 40% of the basic salary. Finer details show that the union is seeking to have a holders of Masters Degree getting an increment of 20 percent that is pegged on their basic salaries and 40 percent for PHD degree holders.

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KNUT DEMANDS ON ALLOWANCES.

The Sossion led outfit is agitating for a 50 percent increment in both house and Commuter allowances. Just like KUPPET, KNUT also wants an upward adjustment on leave allowance equivalent to a teacher’s basic pay for one month.

For hardship allowance, KNUT wants the Commission to award a rise of 50 percent of basic salary.

The medical scheme currently being offered by Minet will still be in place.

TSC OFFER ON ALLOWANCES

The Commission is willing to offer an increase of 20 percent for both commuter and leave allowances. It is also keen to retain the current clusters used to determine the teachers’ house allowances but review it upwards by 10 percent.

Also to be retained is hardship allowance at the current rates.

Proposals by KUPPET to have the TSC introduce new allowances have fell on deaf ears. The Commission has declined the introduction of special school, township and post graduate allowances.

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