TSC Grade C2 Salary Scale. A graduate who has pursued a bachelor’s degree in education upon graduation becomes eligible to be employed by TSC. However, the teacher can only be employed by the commission upon being registered. Once they are registered, they are given a unique number that will identify them as a teacher.
Once the graduate teacher joins the service under permanent and pensionable terms, they join job group K. The job group is nowadays popularly known as grade C2 . Thee designation of this type of grade is Secondary Teacher II.
Probation period
The first 6 months are known as the probationary period. This is a period when the teacher works under close supervision and monitoring from the commission. In an event that the teacher’s performance is questionable, the probation period is extended.
In addition, upon completion of 3 years in service, the teacher gets an automatic promotion to job group L. This job group is referred to as grade C3. The bare minimum requirement for a teacher to teach a secondary school is a diploma. However, a good number of the teachers are degree holders.
Allowances for C2 Teachers
7,500 shillings is the amount the teacher is entitled to as rental housing allowance. In addition to that, the teacher also enjoys a commuter allowance of 5000 shillings monthly. These are some of the allowances teachers in grade C2 enjoy.
To sum up that, the newly hired teachers ends up pocketing 38,000 shillings once all deductions have been made on their payslip. It should be noted that those with outstanding HELB loans are not part and parcel of this. This is because their deductions will be a little bit more.
The breakdown of the basic salary plus the allowances the teacher earns has been highlighted below;
Among the deductions the newly employed teacher will be deducted are as below stated;
🌽Widows and Children’s Pension Scheme (WCPS) which is about Kshs. 699.10.
🌽University Loan Recovery about Kshs. 5000. Note that this is only affecting those teachers who benefitted from HELB.
🌽Union Contribution; could be Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers(KUPPET), Kenya National Union of Teachers(KNUT) or Kenya Women Teachers Association(KEWOTA).
🌽Pay As You Earn (PAYE).
Lastly, if the teacher takes a loan from a bank or a sacco, further deductions will be made on their payslips.
TSC Grade C2 Salary Scale