The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has outlined the Career Progression Guidelines (CPG) for Junior Secondary School (JSS) teachers, which are similar to those of secondary school teachers.
This is after the teachers’ outcry, as they were locked out of January and February promotion interviews, during which 25,252 were promoted.
The Commission has categorised Junior schools as independent institutions despite being hosted inside primary schools.
All intern teachers employed in JSS will only earn a stipend and will not be covered by these promotion guidelines.
However, TSC has listed an internship as mandatory before a teacher can be considered for permanent employment.
These career guidelines only cover teachers employed on Permanent and Pensionable (PNP) terms.
According to TSC, the JSS teachers will first enter employment with the Commission in job group C1 for those with a diploma and job group C2 for graduate teachers.
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The Diploma teachers will then be automatically promoted to job group C2 after serving for three years, while the Graduate teachers will be promoted to job group C3 after serving a similar period.
The teachers will stagnate at job group C2 for the Diploma and C3 for the Graduate till they attend a promotion interview and are successfully promoted.
Administrative positions exist from job group C4 onwards, and promotion to these grades will be competitive and only through promotion interviews.
The junior schools will have three administrative positions recognised by the Commission, which will be remunerated.
These are the Senior Master, Deputy Principal, and Principal positions. The JSS teachers will enter the administrative position at grade C4, which is Senior Master IV.
Kindly note that a teacher is eligible for promotion to the next grade only after serving for at least three years in his/her current grade.
Designation Job Grade Job Group
Intern Teachers Secondary (JSS)
Secondary Teacher III (JSS) C1 F
Secondary Teacher II (JSS) C2 G
Secondary Teacher I (JSS) C3 H
Senior Master IV (JSS) C4 J
Senior Master III (JSS) C5 K
Senior Master II (JSS) D1 L
Senior Master I (JSS) D2 M
Deputy Principal IV (JSS) C5 K
Deputy Principal III (JSS) D1 L
Deputy Principal II (JSS) D2 M
Deputy Principal I (JSS) D3 N
Principal (JSS) D3 N
Senior Principal (JSS) D4 P
Chief Principal (JSS) D5 Q
JSS TEACHERS SALARY STRUCTURE (Kindly note some basic salaries and allowances were recently slightly revised upwards)
BASIC SALARY
Grade Basic Pay
Minimum Basic Pay
Maximum
C1 27,195 33,994
C2 34,955 43,694
C3 43,154 53,943
C4 52,308 65,385
C5 62,272 77,840
D1 77,840 93,408
D2 91,041 109,249
D3 104,644 125,573
D4 118,242 141,891
D5 131,380 157,656
COMMUTER ALLOWANCE
Grade
C1 4,000
C2 5,000
C3 6,000
C4 8,000
C5 8,000
D1 12,000
D2 12,000
D3 14,000
D4 14,000
D5 16,000
DISABILITY GUIDE ALLOWANCE
Grade
C1 20,000
C2 20,000
C3 20,000
C4 20,000
C5 20,000
D1 20,000
D2 20,000
D3 20,000
D4 20,000
D5 20,000
LEAVE ALLOWANCE (Paid once a year in January)
Grade
C1 4,000
C2 6,000
C3 6,000
C4 6,000
cs 6,000
D1 10,000
D2 10,000
D3 10,000
D4 10,000
D5 10,000
HOUSE ALLOWANCE
Grade Hse1 Nairobi Hse2 -Major Municipalities Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru, Nyeri, Eldoret, Thika, Kisii and Kitale Hse3 -Other former Minor Municipalities Hse4 – All other areas
C1 10,000 7,500 5,800 4,200
C2 16,500 12,800 9,600 7,500
C3 28,000 22,000 16,500 13,000
C4 28,000 22,000 16,500 13,000
C5 35,000 25,500 18,000 15,400
D1 45,000 28,000 21,000 16,800
D2 45,000 28,000 21,000 16,800
D3 45,000 28,000 21,000 16,800
D4 45,000 28,000 21,000 16,800
D5 50,000 35,000 25,000 20,000
HARDSHIP ALLOWANCE
Grade
C1 8,200
C2 10,900
C3 12,300
C4 14,650
C5 17,100
D1 27,300
D2 27,300
D3 31,500
D4 31,500
D5 38,100
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