Teachers will get raises when the State announces the Sh13b salary agreement.
To completely implement the second part of the teachers’ compensation agreement, the government has released Sh13 billion.
The Standard’s calculations show that teachers will receive pay increases ranging from Sh393 for the highest paid to Sh2, 570 for the lowest paid.
Accordingly, the minimum and maximum pay for the lowest paid teachers will be Sh23, 830 and Sh29, 787, respectively.
The new pay scales for the top paid teachers will start at Sh131,389 and go up to Sh162,539 at the highest point.
Four additional allowances will be provided to teachers: commuting, housing, leave, and hardship.
The highest amount of Sh50,000 that can be awarded is Sh3,850. The commuting allowance would specifically be between Sh4,000 to Sh16,000.
The housing allowance recipients would earn payments of Sh3,850 and Sh50,000. The amount allotted for leave is between Sh4,000 and Sh10,000.
The amount provided to teachers who qualify for hardship allowances ranges from Sh6,600 to Sh38,100.
According to Dr. Nancy Macharia, CEO of the Teachers Service Commission (TSC), teachers’ August payslips will show the compensation modifications, with any arrears being retroactively applied to July 1, 2024, the date of implementation.
This implies that when the backdated amounts are delivered at the end of this month, instructors will receive an increase in pay.
The boom follows a similar raise that teachers received in the first year of the 2021–2025 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA).
The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) said on Wednesday that it has received the billions necessary to fully execute the salary increase.
Following his meeting with unions, Dr. Macharia stated, “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.”
This implies that starting in August, more than 370,000 teachers nationwide will see a pay boost as part of the CBA’s second phase.
The lowest-ranking teachers, those in pay grade B5, would receive a minimum pay increase of Sh1,037. As a result, their pay will rise from Sh22,793 to Sh 23,830. The highest paid scale workers in this employment group, however, will receive Sh29, 787.
The agreement between the Kenya Union of Special Needs Education Teachers (Kusnet), the Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (Kuppet), and the Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) was finalized in August of last year.
Dr. Macharia stated on Wednesday that the money required to make the payment had been set aside.
The unions issued a united statement in which they stated: “The Commission confirmed that it had received the full budgetary allocation for the CBA.”
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.
KNUT and KUPPET insisted that their strike will go on despite the TSC’s pledge to uphold the terms of the CBA agreement in its entirety, pointing to the organization’s failure to resolve other unresolved issues.
Among them are the confirmation of 46,000 intern teachers and the promotion of 130,000 teachers.
Dr. Macharia, however, emphasized that the government has released the monies necessary to implement the second phase of the CBA and asked educators to report back to work on Monday for the commencement of the Third Term.
The trade unions also stated that the remittance of third-party deductions and a review of the Career Progression Guidelines needed to be addressed.
In order for members to have access to both public and private hospitals, the unions also want difficulties with the medical plan fixed.
Teachers will get raises when the State announces the Sh13b salary agreement.
