TSC Salary Rise/ Pay Increment 2022; TSC List of Six Teachers’ Job Groups (Grades) Set for Salary Hikes this July! Check Out if You Are Among Them

TSC Salary Rise/ Pay Increment 2022-2023; TSC List of Six Teachers’ Job Groups (Grades) Set for Salary Hikes this July! Check Out if You Are Among Them

The Teachers Service Commission has dissipated fears among TSC-employed teachers bordering on the stagnation of salaries in the face of harsh economic times. This is after the Teachers’ Service Commission confirmed that it had received a whopping Sh 298 for teachers’ annual salary increment from the treasury.

This is good news to teachers currently serving under the new Career Progression Guidelines, CPGs since they can now rest assured that their bak accounts will have some extra salaries starting July 2022 to shelve them against the hard economic times.

This announcement comes at the backdrop of several cases of teachers committing suicide as a result of meager salaries that cannot accommodate their growing needs. The most recent cases were reported in Nyamira County where four primary school teachers committed suicide citing frustration emanating from unmet financial targets.

TSC Lines Up Pay Rise for these Categories of Teachers. Check out the Listed Grades for the 2022-2023 TSC Salary Increments

The greatest winners in the 2022-2023 TSC salary rise plan are the lowest-paid TSC teachers commonly known as P1 teachers in Grade B5. According to the TSC pay hike plan, these teachers will bag Sh 900 extra every month starting July 2022. earlier, there arose claims that teachers in grades B5, C1, C2, C3, and D5 will go home empty-handed having reached the bar, the maximum salary points.

Shock as TSC Lists only Six Job Groups/ Grades for Pay Rise 

The above title dotted the headlines of mainstream media news platforms after TSC announced a salary increment for teachers in grades C4, C5, D1, D2, D3, and D4 starting July 2022. According to the commission, the afore-mentioned grades are the only ones that had not reached the ceiling of the TSC Salary band.

From the allocated funds to the commission, a sum of 289.97 billion will be used to finance teacher resource management while Sh1.16 billion shall be used for governance and standards. On the other hand, Sh 7.24 billion has been planned for general administration,  organization, and support services.

The Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) OF 2021-2025 document shows that the lowest job group, B5, is supposed to move gradually until they reach their highest salary point i.e Sh 27,195. This is duplicated in other job groups where a teacher for example serving currently in job group C1( Primary Teacher 1) with a basic salary of Sh 30,405 is supposed to reach a maximum salary of Sh 33,994 upon annual increment over some time.

The Following Table Shows the Basic Salary Of Teachers As Derived In The Previous CBA.

GRADE	BASIC PAYMINIMUM BASIC BASIC	BASIC PAYMAXIMUM NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER	NUMBEROF NOTCHES
B5	21,756	27,195	6
C1	27,195	33,994	6
C2	34,955	43,694	6
C3	43,154	53,943	6
C4	52,308	65,385	7
C5	62,272	77,840	7
D1	77,840	93,408	7
D2	91,041	109,249	7
D3	104,644	125,573	7
D4	118,242	141,891	7
D5	131,380	157,656	7

The commission has communicated of making salary changes for tutors in the following grades come July 2022:

{C4,C5,D1,D2,D3 and D4.}

The aforementioned grades have not yet attained the maximum salary points as provided for in the salary banding. Therefore the extension of their salaries will be actualized in July. This increment will be paid in arrears from the date they attained the maximum salary point in January 2022.

It should be noted that in the table below, grades C4, C5, D1, and D4 show the elongated salary scales are from points 3-7 whereas D2 and D3 salary scales are from points 2-7.

The Following Table Summarizea the Extended Salary Points From C4-D4

SALARY POINT	C4	SALARY POINT	C5	SALARY POINT	D1	SALARY POINT	D2	SALARY POINT	D3	SALARY POINT	D4
1	52,308	1	62,272	1	77,840	1	91,041	1	104,644	1	118,242
2	55,604	2	64,631	2	85,269	2	93,850	2	107,873	2	121,890
3	56,347	3	67,080	3	87,900	3	96,745	3	111,201	3	125,651
4	58,482	4	69,622	4	89,748	4	99,730	3	114,632	4	129,528
5	60,698	5	72,260	5	90,612	5	102,807	5	118,169	5	133,524
6	62,998	6	74,998	6	91,041	6	105,979	6	121,815	6	137,644
7	65,385	7	77,840	7	93,408	7