New TSC teachers job groups, titles and grades

May 31, 2025 Hillary Kangwana

The Teachers Service Commission, TSC, established 36 job groups for teachers under the current Collective Bargaining Agreement, CBA. The placement of the tutors in the various job groups is guided by the Career Progression Guidelines developed by the Commission. Basically, the Career Progression Guidelines place the teachers in two categories; the Administrators and the classroom teachers/ Non- administrators.

ADMINISTRATORS

This is the managerial category of teachers in public schools and colleges. For Secondary schools the administrators are: Principals, Deputy Principals and Senior Masters. Primary schools schools have Head Teachers, Deputy Head Teachers and Senior Teachers as Administrators. While, Tertiary institutions/ Teachers’ colleges have: Principals, Deputy Principals and Senior Lecturers in this category.

NON- ADMINISTRATORS

According to the Career Progression Guidelines, all Secondary School Non Administrators fall in the Secondary Teacher Category. For Primary Schools, the non administrators are aggregated into the Primary Teacher Category. While, Tertiary Institutions’ administrators are placed in the Lecturers’ band.

ENTRY GRADES AND PROGRESSION OF PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS

The entry grade for Primary school teachers is Grade B5 (T- Scale 5; Primary Teacher II): The designation code is G99JE. This is the entry grade for primary school teachers. The basic requirements for this grade are: having a Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) minimum mean Grade C (Plain) or other recognized equivalent qualifications; and must be in possession of a Primary Teacher Certificate (PTE) or its approved equivalent A teacher in this grade can progress to the next Grade which is C1 (T- Scale 6); with the designation thus Primary Teacher 1. 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.

ENTRY GRADES AND PROGRESSION OF SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS

Secondary School Teacher III (T- Scale 6; Grade C1) is the entry grade for secondary school teachers who are holders of Diploma in Education. To get placed into this grade one must be in possession of Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) with a minimum mean grade of C+ (Plus) or its equivalent, have a Diploma in Education (with two teaching subjects) or its equivalent and have attained a minimum grade of C+ (plus) in the two teaching subjects at KCSE level; among other requirements. A teacher in this grade can be promoted to the next Job group; Grade C2. The three basic requirements for this grade (Grade C2) are: One should be: in possession of a Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) with a minimum mean grade of C+ or its equivalent, in possession of a Bachelor’s Degree in Education with two teaching subjects; or a Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant area with two teaching subjects plus a Post Graduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) and having a minimum grade of C+ (plus) in the two teaching subjects at KCSE level. Secondary School Teacher II (T- Scale 7; Grade C2) is an entry grade for secondary school teachers who are holders of a Bachelor’s Degree in Education or its equivalent. A teacher in this grade can be promoted to Secondary School Teacher I (T- Scale 8; Grade C1) . To qualify for appointment to this grade, a teacher must have served as Secondary School Teacher II T-Scale 7 for a minimum period of three (3) years; among other requirements.

FULL LIST OF THE CURRENT TEACHERS’ JOB GROUPS/ GRADES

And here is the full list of all the 36 current teachers’ grades as established by TSC;

Primary School Teachers’ Job Grades

S/NO.	Category	Designation Title	Grade	T-Scale
1	Primary Teacher	Primary Teacher II	B5	5
2	Primary Teacher	Primary Teacher I	C1	6
3	Senior Teacher	Senior Teacher II	C2	7
4	Senior Teacher	Senior Teacher I	C3	8
5	Deputy Head Teacher	Deputy Head Teacher II	C4	9
6	Deputy Head Teacher	Deputy Head Teacher I	C5	10
7	Head Teacher	Head Teacher	C5	10
8	Head Teacher	Senior Head Teacher	D1	11

Secondary School Teachers’ Job Grades

S/NO.	Category	Designation Title	Grade	T-Scale
1	Secondary Teacher	Secondary Teacher III	C1	6
2	Secondary Teacher	Secondary Teacher II	C2	7
3	Secondary Teacher	Secondary Teacher I	C3	8
4	Senior Master	Senior Master IV	C4	9
5	Senior Master	Senior Master III	C5	10
6	Senior Master	Senior Master II	D1	11
7	Senior Master	Senior Master I	D2	12
8	Deputy Principal	Deputy Principal IV	C5	10
9	Deputy Principal	Deputy Principal III	D1	11
10	Deputy Principal	Deputy Principal II	D2	12
11	Deputy Principal	Deputy Principal I	D3	13
12	Principal	Principal	D5	13
13	Principal	Senior Principal	D4	14
14	Principal	Chief Principal	D5	15

Tertiary/ Teachers Training Colleges Tutors’ Job Grades

S/NO	Category	Designation Title	Grade	T-Scale
1	Lecturer	Lecturer III	C1	6
2	Lecturer	Lecturer II	C2	7
3	Lecturer	Lecturer I	C3	8
4	Senior Lecturer	Senior Lecturer IV	C4	9
5	Senior Lecturer	Senior Lecturer III	C5	10
6	Senior Lecturer	Senior Lecturer II	D1	11
7	Senior Lecturer	Senior Lecturer I	D2	12
8	Deputy Principal	Deputy Principal IV	C5	10
9	Deputy Principal	Deputy Principal III	D1	11
10	Deputy Principal	Deputy Principal II	D2	12
11	Deputy Principal	Deputy Principal I	D3	13
12	Principal	Principal	D3	13
13	Principal	Senior Principal	D4	14
14	Principal	Chief Principal	D5	15

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEACHERS ANNUAL INCREMENT ON IPPD SYSTEM

The Commission adopted the award of annual increment for teachers as per the Teachers Code of Regulation (2015) Part IV clause 83 and 84. The mapping was undertaken in two categories.

CATEGORY 1:

GRADES CONVERTED HORIZONTALLY IN JULY * This cadre includes the following:-

Job group “G” who were converted to Grade B5 – Primary Teacher II.(The entry grade of primary teachers was upgraded to ‘H’ thus treated as category 1 in award of annual increment)
Job group “J” who were converted to Grade C1 – Primary Teacher I/ Secondary Teacher III/ Lecturer III
Job group “K” who were converted to Grade C2- Senior Teacher II a/ Secondary Teacher II/Lecturer II
Job group “L” who were converted to Grade C3 -i.e. Senior Teacher I/ Secondary Teacher I/Lecturer I

Note: Teachers in Job group “H” who were converted to Grade C1 were upgraded and thus treated as category 2. * Annual increments for teachers whose grades were converted horizontally were effected as follows;

(i)RETAINED their incremental month as at June 2017.
(ii) RETAINED date of Current appointment/post as at 30th June 2017.
(iii) The increments were granted for only the qualifying salary points as at June 2017. However, teachers at the maximum salary points in June 2017 were not awarded the increment.

CATEGORY 2:

GRADES UPGRADED FROM 1ST JULY 2017 This cadre includes the following;

> Former Job Group “H” upgraded to Job Group “J” then converted to Grade C1
> Former Job Groups “G,H,J” converted to Grade C2- Senior Teacher II b
> Former Job Groups “G,H,J,K,L” converted to Grade C4 Deputy Head-Teacher II or Grade C5 – Head-Teacher
> Former Job Group “M” and above, that is;- Grade C5 up to All Senior D5 i.e. categories of masters/ Senior Lecturers/Deputy Principals and Principals

* All teachers who benefited from the upgrading were treated as follows;-