{"id":21522,"date":"2024-12-13T06:34:26","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T03:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblaze.co.ke\/?p=21522"},"modified":"2023-07-28T06:57:21","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T03:57:21","slug":"full-list-of-allowances-paid-to-teachers-by-tsc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblaze.co.ke\/full-list-of-allowances-paid-to-teachers-by-tsc\/","title":{"rendered":"Full list of allowances paid to teachers by TSC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Teachers employed by the Teachers Service Commission, TSC<\/a>, enjoy a number of allowances. This is besides the monthly basic salaries paid to the tutors. The allowances are paid either on a monthly basis (together with basic pay) or as a one off payment.<\/p>\n

TSC allowances are computed and paid as per the teachers’ grade. Those in higher job groups get higher allowances as opposed to their counterparts in lower cadres.<\/p>\n

Below is a complete list of allowances paid to teachers;<\/p>\n

AUTOMATIC ALLOWANCES<\/h2>\n

These are allowances paid by TSC<\/a> to teachers; without the latter having to request for them. They are periodically paid; with most of them coming on a monthly basis.<\/p>\n

House Allowance<\/h3>\n

The Commission pays monthly house allowance to every teacher in its employment at a rate determined by the Commission from time to time. The current rates were proposed by the Salaries and Remuneration Commission, SRC; where teachers in major towns and municipalities earn higher perks than those in rural areas.<\/p>\n

There have been calls by the teachers’ unions for harmonization of the house allowance. This will see teachers in the same job group getting equal for house allowance, irrespective of their workstations.<\/p>\n

Where a teacher is on interdiction and is on half salary, the Commission pays the full house allowance until the case is determined.<\/p>\n

Commuter Allowance<\/h4>\n

TSC pays commuter allowances to teachers on a monthly basis. This is paid out according to the teachers’ job grades.<\/p>\n

A teacher under interdiction or suspension is not be entitled to payment of commuter allowance.<\/p>\n

Hardship Allowance<\/h4>\n

Teachers assigned to teach in a school situated in a designated and gazzetted hardship area receive monthly hardship allowances. There are plans to degazette some of the hardship areas; which have since seen development and upgrade.<\/p>\n

The allowances are paid as per the teachers’ job groups.<\/p>\n

Special Duty Allowance<\/strong><\/h4>\n

The Commission, in the absence of qualified teachers, pays Special Duty Allowance
\nto teachers appointed to perform administrative duties which are not commensurate to the teachers’ grades and who are stationed in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands.<\/p>\n

A teacher shall relinquish Special Duty Allowance where the teacher: –<\/p>\n