TSC Announces New Teacher Allowances For 2024–2025. The Teachers Service Commission, or TSC, updates teacher allowance rates on a regular basis.
Allowances are adjusted according on the most recent Job Group (Grade) after a TSC promotion. TSC provides teachers with a range of allowance options.
These stipends are given to teachers on top of their monthly salary. A variety of factors, such as the workstation, the responsibilities assigned to each instructor, their job grade, and the types of students they instruct, go into determining TSC’s allowances.
A summary of all TSC allowances broken down by job group may be found in the table at the bottom of this article. Although most allowances are provided on a monthly basis, others are not.
Below is a description of the many types of allowances that TSC offers.
Paying stipends
There are two types of remunerative allowances;
Automatic
Those paid upon application
Automatic allowances include:
House
Medical (No longer paid to teachers; deducted and paid directly to Minet insurance and another is given to the NHIF)
- Commuter
- Hardship
- Leave allowance
- House Allowance
House allowance is paid on a monthly basis to all teachers. It is paid on two criteria; Job grade and workstation. Teachers in higher job groups earn a higher house allowance than those in lower cadres.
The Salaries and remuneration commission, SRC, has also clustered teachers’ workstations into four regions
Nairobi, Former Major Municipalities (Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru, Nyeri, Eldoret, Thika, Kisii, Malindi, and Kitale),
Other former Municipalities; Ruiru, Kikuyu, Kitui, Machakos, Mlolongo, Athi River, Vihiga, Wote, Mumias, Bomet, Limuru, Kericho, Kimilili, Kakamega, Kapsabet, Kiambu, Bungoma, Webuye, Busia, Runyenjes, Migori, Embu, Homa Bay, Lodwar, Meru, Nyahururu, Nanyuki, Maua, Voi, Siaya, Chuka and Kerugoya/ Kutus
Teachers working in Nairobi draw the largest amount of house allowance whereas those plying their trade in reserves (other areas) receive the lowest amounts.
TSC Announces New Teacher Allowances For 2024–2025
Hardship Allowance
TSC pays monthly hardship allowance to teachers working in areas prone to insecurity, high risks, and harsh climatic conditions. The commission has designated various areas as hardship.
The allowance is paid according to a teacher’s grade. Those in higher job grades earn more than their counterparts in lower cadres.
Commuter Allowance
Commuter allowance is paid to all teachers on a monthly basis. Payment of this allowance is solely dependent on the teacher’s job group.
Leave Allowance
Leave allowance is a yearly allowance paid together with the January Salary of the preceding year. It is given as per a teacher’s grade; with those in higher job grades earning more.
Allowances paid on the application include:
Responsibility Allowance
This is paid to head teachers, deputy head teachers, and senior teachers who are at Job Group K and below.
Special duty allowance
This is payable to teachers below job group M appointed to administrative posts by the commission and deployed in arid and semi-arid lands.
Readers allowance
This 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, the reader’s allowance is paid at a rate of Sh15,000 per month to blind teachers and those confined to wheelchairs by virtue of their disability.
Interpreters Allowance
This is payable to deaf teachers who engage interpreters while on study leave. Special school allowance -This is paid to teachers specializing in special needs education and who have been deployed to teach in special schools or units.
TSC Announces New Teacher Allowances For 2024–2025
Transfer Allowance
This is payable to teachers who have been transferred from one workstation to another, provided the transfer is initiated by the Commission. It is equivalent to a teacher’s basic pay for one month.
Reimbursable Expenses
The commission reimburses the following expenses to teachers
Traveling expenses:
The teacher is eligible for reimbursement only in the following circumstances;
Where a teacher’s interdiction has been revoked.
While traveling to attend an interview
Traveling to a station on first posting outside the home District
Traveling from duty station outside home District on retirement
Teachers working in hardship areas traveling to and from home during school holidays. The teacher’s home District must be outside the hardship area. Teachers should apply on prescribed forms attaching supporting documents.
Quota per diem
This is a daily subsistence allowance paid to teachers on official assignments. The application must be made at least 14 days before traveling