TSC Postpones August Salary Payment. Teachers who work for the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) will not get their August salary until this coming Friday.
This month, teachers will see a pay increase as the Commission plans to pay August salaries that include increment arrears retroactive to July 1, 2024.
As schools resume for the third term, TSC representatives have stepped out to explain why salaries for August are being paid later than expected.
The Commission is trying to pay teachers starting this Wednesday, according to the officials who have confided in us. But they added that the Commission will not compensate teachers who are on strike.
Due to this situation, there will be no payroll for August teachers who are on strike.
Though Knut called off the teachers strike, Kuppet vowed to proceed and a significant number of secondary school teachers have today responded to the industrial action call.
Both and Knut and Kusnet members have reported to school today for third term. The CS Education Julius Migos thanked the teachers for their understanding.
Migos said the government will commit to implement the the second phase of the 2021-2025 Collective Bargaining Agreement, with effect from July, 2024.
“We are most grateful to our teachers and their leaders for their selfless act of patriotism, which prioritises the best interest of learners. We assure our teachers of the Government’s genuine commitment to addressing all their legitimate Concerns, notwithstanding the limiting fiscal space within which we are operating as a country.
TSC Postpones August Salary Payment
Following talks between the Teachers Service Commission and the unions, the Government has, for instance, resources for the implementation of the 2nd phase Of the 2021-2025 Collective Bargaining Agreement, with effect from July, 2024,” said Migos in a press statement.
TSC agreed to implement the sh13 billion second phase of teachers’ pay deal.
In the deal teachers will get an increment of up to Sh2, 570 for the least paid (B5), to Sh393 for the highest earners (D5).
Salary Increment Rates
This means that the new salaries of the lowest paid teachers will range between a minimum of Sh23, 830 to a maximum of Sh29, 787.
The new salary scales for highest paid teacher will range from a minimum of Sh131,389 and a maximum of Sh162,539.
In addition, teachers will also benefit from four allowances: commuter, house, leave and hardship.
The allowances will range from Sh3,850 to a maximum of Sh50,000. Specifically, commuter allowance will range between Sh4,000 to Sh16,000.
Those who will get housing allowance will be paid Sh3,850 and Sh50,000. While leave allowance has been put between Sh4,000 and Sh10,000.
Hardship Allowances
Teachers who will get hardship allowances will be paid between Sh6,600 and Sh38,100.
Macharia said the salary adjustments will be reflected in teachers’ August payslips, with arrears backdated to July 1, 2024 when implementation was set to begin.
This means that teachers will get more money at the end of this month when the backdated amounts are released.
The boom comes after the teachers received a similar increment last year in the first phase of 2021-2025 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA).
On Wednesday, TSC said it had received the billions to implement the pay increment fully.
“After today’s discussions, the Commission is pleased to announce that the Government has provided funds for the implementation of the 2d phase of the CBA with effect from July 1, 2024,” Dr Macharia said after meeting unions.
This means that over 370,000 teachers across the country will receive a salary increase as the second phase of the CBA, from August.
Teachers in pay Grade B5, the lowest-ranking teachers, will get a minimum pay rise of Sh1,037. This means that their salaries will increase from Sh22,793 to 23,830.
However, the highest scale earners in this job group will take home Sh29,787.
This is the final implementation of the deal signed in August last year by the Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut), Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (Kuppet) and the Kenya Union of Special Needs Education Teachers (Kusnet).
TSC Postpones August Salary Payment
On Wednesday, Dr Macharia, said that the necessary funds have been allocated to facilitate the payment.
In their joint statement, the unions said: “The Commission confirmed that it had received the full budgetary allocation for the CBA,” unions statement said.
Teachers would thus receive their August paystubs in August along with their entire benefits and arrears for July.
The Commission promised us that the payroll will be completed later today so that teachers could start receiving their salaries right away.
Dr. Macharia emphasized that the government has released the finances necessary to implement the second phase of the CBA and urged educators to report back to work on Monday for the commencement of the Third Term.