TSC CBA Phase 2 Salary Increment For Teachers. For the purpose of putting the second phase of the Collective Bargaining Agreement into effect on July 1, 2024, the government has set aside Sh13.5 billion.
As instructed by President Wiliam Ruto, the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) and the teachers unions convened strategic negotiations, after which the government released the monies, according to TSC head Nancy Macharia.
Following the issuance of strike notices by the teacher unions, which included the Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET), the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT), and the Kenya Union of Special Needs Education Teachers (KUSNET), they demanded that the 2021–2025 CBA agreement be fully implemented.
“After today’s discussions, the Commission is pleased to announce that the government has provided funds for the implementation of the 2nd phase of the CBA with effect from 1st July 2024,” she revelaed.
Macharia therefore directed the teachers unions to withdraw their strike notices to avoid disruption of learning activities as schools set to re -open for third term next week.
TSC CBA Phase 2 Salary Increment For Teachers
“We therefore beseeching all our teachers to report to schools on Monday for the start of the Third Term now that the Government has released funds,” she urged.
Macharia stated that the during the discussions with the teacher unions the Commission further resolved to review the career progression guidelines to ensure interns teachers have been on-boarded to the permanent and Pensionable contract terms .
“The ongoing review of the career progression guidelines and the fact that teachers can now access both public and private hospitals under the Teachers Medical Scheme are among the other issues that the trade unions had that the commission resolved,” the spokesperson stated.
The TSC Chief pointed out that the government had supplied funds for teachers to be retrained in order to execute the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC), in which the Commission has annually promoted 20,000 teachers on a common cadre and 51,232 teachers under competitive promotions.
President Ruto gave the TSC instructions to negotiate with the teaching unions on June 16, 2024, in order to address issues impacting the welfare of tutors at public schools around the nation.