TEACHERS’ SALARIES: SHOCK AS TSC BOSS ANNOUNCES PLANS TO RECOVER ALLOWANCES ERRONEOUSLY PAID TO  TEACHERS

TEACHERS’ SALARIES: SHOCK AS TSC BOSS ANNOUNCES PLANS TO RECOVER ALLOWANCES ERRONEOUSLY PAID TO  TEACHERS

Teachers are yet to come to terms with the latest plans by their employer, TSC to recover hefty house and hardship allowances soon.

The commission announced its plan to recover overpayments in house and hardship allowances from the teachers affected.

Wrong Mapping of Teachers Costs Teachers Thousands as TSC Moves to Recover  Overpaid  House and Hardship  Allowances

The Commission has already dispatched letters to the affected teachers citing wrong mapping for its decision.

This, therefore, means that the teachers in question who have been enjoying higher perks than they will have to repay through the nose for an iniquity they are oblivious of.

“The TSC Head office has learned that your school was mapped under a former municipality and earmarked for hardship allowances erroneously,” read the letter sent to one of the teachers, in part.

TSC T-PAY SYSTEM, CHECK-OFF SYSTEM

The affected teachers will hence take pay cuts through the check-off system. This is not the first time the Commission is recovering overpayments. The Commission has already initiated the recovery of wrongly placed classroom teachers who were erroneously mapped as school administrators.

TSC ALLOWANCES PAID TOTEACHERS

THE TABLES BELOW INDICATE THE NEW FACE OF THE AFFECTED TSC TEACHERS’ PAYSLIPS ONCETHE COMMISSION RECOVERS HOUSE AND HARDSHIP ALLOWANCES

It is however important to note that much as these teachers fall in the same grade/ job group, their monthly gross salaries differ depending on the location of their work stations. The same case applies to TSC allowances. For instance, teachers posted to stations listed as TSC Hardship Areas get an extra Sh 10, 900.

Special Needs Teachers, SNE, also get an extra Sh 10, 900.

Teachers in Grade C2, former K earn the same amount of commuter allowance that is Kshs 5, 000.

The Commission also pays a flat rate of Kshs 6, 000 annually as leave allowance in January.

Table 1: TSC Salaries for Secondary Teacher 2, Grade C2 (Former K) posted in Nairobi and its environs

T-SCALE	JOB GROUP	GRADE	CURRENT BASIC SALARY	NEW BASIC SALARY EFFECTIVE JULY, 2020	COMMUTER ALLOWANCE	HOUSE ALLOWANCE	GROSS SALARY
1	K	C2	34,955	34,955	5, 000	16, 500	56, 455
2	K	C2	36, 280	36, 280	5, 000	16, 500	57, 780
3	K	C2	37, 654	37, 654	5, 000	16, 500	59, 154
4	K	C2	39, 081	39, 081	5, 000	16, 500	60, 581
5	K	C2	40, 562	40, 562	5, 000	16, 500	62, 062
6	K	C2	42, 099	42, 099	5, 000	16, 500	21, 500
7	K	C2	49, 694	49, 694	5, 000	16, 500	71, 194

 

Table 2: TSC Salaries for secondary school teacher II, job group K posted in former major municipalities (Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru, Nyeri, Eldoret, Thika, Kisii, Malindi and Kitale

T-SCALE	JOB GROUP	GRADE	CURRENT BASIC SALARY	NEW BASIC SALARY EFFECTIVE JULY, 2020	COMMUTER ALLOWANCE	HOUSE ALLOWANCE	GROSS SALARY
1	K	C2	34, 955	34, 955	5, 000	12, 800	52, 755
2	K	C2	36, 280	36, 280	5, 000	12, 800	54, 080
3	K	C2	37, 654	37, 654	5, 000	12, 800	55, 454
4	K	C2	39, 081	39, 081	5, 000	12, 800	56, 881
5	K	C2	40, 562	40, 562	5, 000	12, 800	58, 362
6	K	C2	42, 099	42, 099	5, 000	12, 800	57, 800
7	K	C2	49, 694	49, 694	5, 000	12, 800	67, 494

 

Table 3: TSC Salaries for secondary school teacher II, job group K posted in other former municipalities

T-SCALE	JOB GROUP	GRADE	CURRENT BASIC SALARY	NEW BASIC SALARY EFFECTIVE JULY, 2020	COMMUTER ALLOWANCE	HOUSE ALLOWANCE	GROSS SALARY
1	K	C2	34, 955	34, 955	5, 000	9, 600	49, 555
2	K	C2	36, 280	36, 280	5, 000	9, 600	50, 880
3	K	C2	37, 654	37, 654	5, 000	9, 600	52, 254
4	K	C2	39, 081	39, 081	5, 000	9, 600	53, 681
5	K	C2	40, 562	40, 562	5, 000	9, 600	55, 162
6	K	C2	42, 099	42, 099	5, 000	9, 600	14, 600
7	K	C2	49, 694	49, 694	5, 000	9, 600	64, 294

 

 

Table 4: Salaries for secondary school teacher II, Job Group K posted in other areas

 

T-SCALE	JOB GROUP	GRADE	CURRENT BASIC SALARY	NEW BASIC SALARY EFFECTIVE JULY, 2020	COMMUTER ALLOWANCE	HOUSE ALLOWANCE	GROSS SALARY
1	K	C2	34, 955	34, 955	5, 000	7, 500	47, 455
2	K	C2	36, 280	36, 280	5, 000	7, 500	48, 780
3	K	C2	37, 654	37, 654	5, 000	7, 500	50, 154
4	K	C2	39, 081	39, 081	5, 000	7, 500	51, 581
5	K	C2	40, 562	40, 562	5, 000	7, 500	53, 062
6	K	C2	42, 099	42, 099	5, 000	7, 500	54, 500
7	K	C2	49, 694	49, 694	5, 000	7, 500	62, 194