The Teachers Service commission (TSC) is constitutionally mandated to do teacher recruitment , registration, deployment as well as teachers across various job groups or salary scales in all the public schools.
Teachers in various groups are paid their monthly Salaries which corresponds to their employers’ grading system .
Under the current job groups, it is a clear replacement of the old grading system since they were scrapped and others merged.
As per to TSC ,here are the latest new grading system for all teachers working in government schools.
Titles/ position Grade T- salary Scale
The Chief Principals D5 15
The Senior Principal D4 14
The Principal and Deputy Principal I D3 13
The Deputy principal II,the Senior Master I and Senior Lecturer I D2 12
The Senior Master II,the Deputy Principal III,the Senior Headteacher,the Senior Lecturer II and also the Curriculum Support Officer I D1 11
Senior Master III, the Senior Lecturer III,the Headteacher, the Deputy Headteacher I and also Curriculum Support Officer II C5 10
The Senior Lecturer IV,the Senior Master IV, SNE Senior Teacher- Primary, the SNE Teacher I – Secondary and the Deputy Headteacher II C4 9
Secondary Teacher I,the Lecturer I, SNE Teacher I- Primary, appointed SNE Teacher II- Secondary & the Senior Teacher I C3 8
The Secondary Teacher II, SNE Teacher II – Primary, appointed Lecturer II & Senior Teachers II C2 7
Secondary Teacher III & appointed Lecturer III and Primary Teacher I C1 6
TSC Primary Teacher II B5 5
TSC salary payment for teachers entirely depend on various job groups and this is for both teachers in primary and in Secondary Schools.
No. Teacher Title Grade Salary Range
1 The Chief Principals D5 (T-Scale15) Sh. 131,380 to 159,534
2 Senior Principal D4 (T-Scale14) Sh. 118,242 to
143,581
3 Principal &Deputy Principal I D3 ( T-Scale13) Sh. 105,182to 127,069
4 Deputy principal II, Senior Master I & Senior Lecturer I D2 (T-Scale12) Sh. 92,119 to 110,551
5 Senior Master II, Deputy Principal III, Senior Headteacher, Senior Lecturer II & Curriculum Support Officer I D1 (T-Scale 11) Sh. 78,625 to 95,101
6 Senior Master III, Senior Lecturer III, Headteacher, Deputy Headteacher I & Curriculum Support Officer II C5 (T-Scale 10) Sh. 62,272 to 78,667
7 Senior Lecturer IV, Senior Master IV, SNE Senior Teacher- Primary, SNE Teacher I – Secondary & Deputy Headteacher II C4 (T-Scale 9) Sh. 52,308 to 67,220
8 Secondary Teacher I, Lecturer I, SNE Teacher I- Primary, SNE Teacher II- Secondary & Senior Teacher I C3 (T-Scale 8) Sh. 44,412to 56,514
9 Secondary Teacher II, SNE Teacher II – Primary, Lecturer II & Senior Teachers II C2 (T-Scale 7) Sh. 36,612 to 45,776
10 Secondary Teacher III, Lecturer III and Primary Teacher I C1 Sh. 28,491 and 35,614
11 Primary Teacher II B5 (T-Scale 5) Sh. 22,793 and 28,491
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TSC Basic Salary pay of C1 Teachers
Appointed TSC Lecturer III,the Secondary Teacher III and Primary Teacher I.
TSC pays them a monthly salary scale ranging between Ksh. 28,491 to Ksh. 35,614.
TSC Basic Salary For C4 Teachers
The teachers under this category include:
- Senior Lecturer IV
- Senior Master IV
- SNE Senior Teacher in primary
- SNE teacher I in secondary
- Deputy Headteacher II.
The salary paid to these teachers ranges between sh. 52,308- Ksh. 67,220.
TSC Secondary School Teachers’ salary
These teachers are deployed to teach in post primary schools
Their monthly earning ranges from Ksh. 35,614 for those in the position of Secondary Teacher III .
On the other hand , the secondary chief Principals earn a salary of more than Ksh. 127,069 per month.
Note that a part from these salaries, TSC pays these teachers a monthly allowances depending on working environment among other factors