Updated Grading System and Salaries For TSC Teachers in 2022/2023

Most kenyan teachers have spent a lot of time on the streets throughout the years in protest of the government’s low salary.

Fortunately ,the Kenyan National Union of Teachers (KNUT) fought hard for them and won the right to increase teachers’ salary.

Salary and Remuneration Commission decided to raise the teachers’ salaries in three stages.

With the implementation of the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) by the Salaries and Remuneration Commission, the teachers’ strikes are soon dying.

Here is the new TSC salaries and grading system

A breakdown of the new TSC salaries and grading system for teachers.

The TSC new grading system.

Note that some job groups were abolished while others were merged as a result of the current TSC teacher upgrade.

TSC Teachers’ grade previously known as P1, that was under Job Group G, became eliminated and replaced with Grade B5 under the new system of grading teachers.

With all primary school teachers, the above grade has been recognized as the new entry grade.

Other grades that followed were re-structured and re-named as follows:

J to C1
K to C2
L to C3
M to C4
N to C5

Also note that a part from job groups J to N, there was another rank that belonged to the higher band which was designated as P, Q and R. These three were later renamed to:

P to D1
Q to D2
R to D3

TSC commission granted the Kenyan National Union of Teachers’ request for additional job groups S and T.

These two job groups received the new letter grades of D4 and D5, respectively. The revised grading scale now places chief principals in category D5.

Teachers’ TSC designation code

A new grading system was implemented following the job evaluation exercise carried out by the Salaries and Remuneration Commission. The designation codes for each category are listed below. These grading system gave teachers access to new job groups.

Grade B5 (T-Scale 5) – Primary Teacher II
Grade C1(T-Scale 6) – Primary Teacher I, Secondary teacher II, and lecturer III
Grade C2 (T-Scale 7) – Secondary teacher II, Senior Teacher II, Lecturer II, and Special Need Education Educator (for primary schools)
Grade C3 (T-Scale 8) – Secondary teacher I, Special Need Education Teacher I (for primary schools), Lecturer I, Senior Teacher I, and Special Need Education Educator II (for secondary schools)
GradeC4 (T-Scale 9) – Senior Master IV, Special Need Education Senior Teacher (for primary schools), Senior Lecturer IV, Deputy Head teacher II and Special Need Education Teacher I (for secondary schools)
GradeC5 (T-Scale 10) – Senior Master III, Deputy Principal IV, Senior Lecturer III, Deputy Head Teacher, Head Educator, and Curriculum Support Officer II.
Grade D1(T-Scale 11) – Deputy Principal III, Senior Master II, Senior Lecturer II, Curriculum Support Officer I, and Senior Head Educator.
Grade D2 (T-Scale 12) – Senior Master I and Deputy Principal II
Grade D3 (T-Scale 13) – Deputy Principal I and Principals
Grade D4 (T-Scale 14) – Senior Principals
Grade D5 (T-Scale 15) – Chief Principals

TSC’s revised teacher salary scale

The Teachers Service Commission will list the salary increases for various teachers according to their job groups for both primary and secondary school tutors, according to the TSC salary circular that was just released. The new pay scale for Kenyan teachers will apply to the job groups H, J, K, L, M, and N.

As per to the TSC CBA implementation schedule, the three-phase cycle has been in effect since the Collective Bargaining Agreement was signed in 2016 and is currently in its third phase.

Along with extending the TSC compensation scale for teachers in scales 13, 12, and 9, the commission also updated some of the allowances, including commuter, hardship, and annual leave. However, there will be no changes to any of the other subsidies.