New TSC Salary Scale and Grading System For Teachers

New TSC Salary Scale and Grading System For Teachers. Teachers unions over time has been organizing demonstration on the streets in a bid to force the government hike their salaries and allowances. This matter over time now has been put rest after the Kenya Union of Teachers (KNUT) negotiated for the teachers and the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) agreed to hike their salaries in three phases.

In this post, we are going to discuss the new TSC job groups and their salary scales as of 2024.

TSC Job groups and Corresponding Salary Scales

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has a responsibility of registering, recruiting, deploying and managing teachers across all the public schools in Kenya. Here below we will highlight the various TSC Salaries and their corresponding grading system for instructors.

In the new job groups, the previous one was scrapped and others merged. Check out below the new grading system for all teachers working in Kenyan public schools.

No.	Titles	Grade	T-Scale
1	Chief Principals	D5	15
2	Senior Principal	D4	14
3	Principal &Deputy Principal I	D3	13
4	Deputy principal II, Senior Master I and Senior Lecturer I	D2	12
5	Senior Master II, Deputy Principal III, Senior Headteacher, Senior Lecturer II and Curriculum Support Officer I	D1	11
6	Senior Master III, Senior Lecturer III, Headteacher, Deputy Headteacher I and Curriculum Support Officer II	C5	10
7	Senior Lecturer IV, Senior Master IV, SNE Senior Teacher- Primary, SNE Teacher I – Secondary and Deputy Headteacher II	C4	9
8	Secondary Teacher I, Lecturer I, SNE Teacher I- Primary, SNE Teacher II- Secondary and Senior Teacher I	C3	8
9	Secondary Teacher II, SNE Teacher II – Primary, Lecturer II and Senior Teachers II	C2	7
10	Secondary Teacher III, Lecturer III and Primary Teacher I	C1	6
11	Primary Teacher II	B5	5

TSC Salary Structure 2024

TSC remunerate teachers depending on their various job groups both for those teaching in primary and those in Secondary Schools.

This new salary scales were to be implemented in two phases starting July 1st 2023. The second phase of the implementation will take place in July 1st 2024 for all those teachers actively on duty.

The table below represents the salary scales of the current basic pay.

No.	Title	Grade	Salary Range
1	Chief Principals	Grade D5 (T-Scale15)	Sh. 131,380-159,534
2	Senior Principal	Grade D4 (T-Scale14)	Sh. 118,242-143,581
3	Principal &Deputy Principal I	Grade D3 ( T-Scale13)	Sh. 105,182-127,069
4	Deputy principal II, Senior Master I and Senior Lecturer I	Grade D2 (T-Scale12)	Sh. 92,119- 110,551
5	Senior Master II, Deputy Principal III, Senior Headteacher, Senior Lecturer II and Curriculum Support Officer I	Grade D1 (T-Scale 11)	Sh. 78,625- 95,101
6	Senior Master III, Senior Lecturer III, Headteacher, Deputy Headteacher I and Curriculum Support Officer II	Grade C5 (T-Scale 10)	Sh. 62,272-78,667
7	Senior Lecturer IV, Senior Master IV, SNE Senior Teacher- Primary, SNE Teacher I – Secondary and Deputy Headteacher II	Grade C4 (T-Scale 9)	Sh. 52,308-67,220
8	Secondary Teacher I, Lecturer I, SNE Teacher I- Primary, SNE Teacher II- Secondary and Senior Teacher I	Grade C3 (T-Scale 8)	Sh. 44,412-56,514
9	Secondary Teacher II, SNE Teacher II – Primary, Lecturer II and Senior Teachers II	Grade C2 (T-Scale 7)	Sh. 36,612-45,776
10	Secondary Teacher III, Lecturer III and Primary Teacher I	Grade C1	Sh. 28,491-35,614
11	Primary Teacher II	Grade B5 (T-Scale 5)	Sh. 22,793- 28,491

Basic Salary of C1 Teachers

In this job group, we have Lecturer III, Secondary Teacher III and Primary Teacher I. Their salary scale ranges between Ksh. 28,491- Ksh. 35,614.

New TSC Salary Scale and Grading System For Teachers

Basic Salary For C4 Teachers

This job group houses various positions such as Senior Lecturer IV, Senior Master IV, SNE Senior Teacher in primary, SNE teacher I in secondary and the Deputy Headteacher II. Their salary scale also spans from Ksh. 52,308- Ksh. 67,220.

Secondary School Teacher Salary in Kenya

Secondary school teachers are designated to teach in post primary schools. These teachers earn a salary renaging from Ksh. 35,614 for those in the position of Secondary Teacher III. Principals earn a salary of Ksh. 127,069 per month.

Types of Allowances Paid by TSC

There two types of Allowances that are paid by the Teachers Service Commission. They include;

1. Remunerative Allowance
2. Reimbursable Allowance

Remunerative Allowances are paid to teachers regularly together with the month salary while reimbursable allowances are paid to teachers on application in case a teacher has used his/her own money in executing official functions.

Primary Teachers Salaries In Kenya

Teachers who teach in primary schools are paid a basic Salary of Ksh. 28,491 for those lower in the job group and others can be paid up to Ksh. 78,667 per month like Headteachers.

Highest paid Teachers in Kenya

Teachers who teach in post primary institutions are definitely paid higher salaries than those in primary schools. In the secondary school cadre, Chief Principals are the ones who receive the highest salaries from the commission.

Their salaries ranges from Ksh. 131,380 all the way to Ksh. 159,534 per month.