TSC Updated Hardship Regions And Allowances . The Teachers Service Commission is the body in Kenya in charge of hiring teachers. In addition to hiring, the commission has a lot of functions to perform concerning teachers. The commission has powers to recruit, fire, promote and transfer teachers to any part of the country. Primary school teachers can be selected to teach in any school as the commission wishes.
However, their secondary school counterparts have the chance to select a school of their choice as positions are normally advertised. The open positions can be grabbed by anyone provided they have the same subject combination and are qualified.
Hardship allowance is paid to some teachers. These are teachers who work in areas that have been mapped as hardship regions. However, in spite of receiving the allowances, some teachers encounter some hazards that could potentially end their lives.
Factors making an area as an hardship zone
There are several factors that are put into consideration to make an area qualify as an hardship region. Among them are insecurity and poor weather conditions, among other reasons.
Teachers working in arid and semi arid lands encounter a variety of challenges. Among the challenges are poor infrastructure and unfavorable working environment.
The following list comprises of regions that the commission mapped as teacher hardship areas;
S/NO. COUNTY (SUB-COUNTIES)
1. Baringo North, Tiaty East, Tiaty West and Marigat sub-counties in Baringo County.
2. Garissa County
3. Suba and Mbita sub-counties in Homa Bay County
4. Isiolo County
5. Mashuuru, Loitoktok and Kajiado West sub-counties in Kajiado County
6. Kwale County
7. Magarini and Ganze in Kilifi County
8. Lamu County
9. Mandera County
10. Marsabit County
11. Mumoni, Mutito North and Tseikuru Sub-Counties in Kitui County
12. Narok South and Narok North sub-counties in Narok County
13. Samburu County
14. Taita Taveta County
15. Tana River County
16. Turkana County
17. Wajir County
18. West Pokot County
Chief Principals in job group D5 earn the highest amount of hardship allowance. They pocket a total of 38,100 shillings as hardship allowance .
TSC Updated Hardship Regions And Allowances
The table below shows the amount each job group pockets as hardship allowance
GRADE TSC SCALE HARDSHIP ALLOWANCE (PER MONTH)
B5 5 6,600
C1 6 8,200
C2 7 10,900
C3 8 12,300
C4 9 14,650
C5 10 17,100
D1 11 27,300
D2 12 27,300
D3 13 31,500
D4 14 31,500
D5 15 38,100