By Staff Reporter
Kenya’s highest and lowest paid teacher will earn a monthly basic salary of Sh182,880 and Sh28,717 respectively at the fourth and final phase of the anticipated next cycle of the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA).
The salary hike, which will be subjected to negotiations between the Teachers Service Commission and teachers’ unions, will be spread across the four phases of the CBA as was the case in the first CBA.
The first CBA kicked off July 1st 2017 and ends June 30th 2021 and the Commission and teacher unions are expected to enter into fresh negotiations for the next cycle of the CBA (2021-2025).
Kenya National Union of Teachers has proposed a salary increase of 120 per cent for the lowest paid teacher and 200 per cent for the highest paid teacher.
But the Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) has argued that a salary hike of 30 per cent for the administrators and 70 per cent for the classroom teachers will suffice.
During a meeting with KUPPET in Naivasha last year, the Commission said any future salary increase for teachers will be pegged on a number of factors.
“The factors shall include affordability, sustainability, comparability, government fiscal policies and guidelines and teacher performance and productivity,” the Commission’s CEO Nancy Macharia said.
With the two unions’ salary expectations known, TSC proposes a 16 per cent rise for teachers at grades D5, D4, D3, D2, D1, C5 and C4. Teachers in grades C3, C2, C1, and B5 will be offered a rise of 32 per cent.
In case TSC holds sway, the highest paid Chief Principal at grade D5 and currently earning Sh157,656 as per the fourth and final phase of the 2017-2021 CBA will receive a Sh25,224 increase to be spread across the four phases of the CBA, taking the total to Sh182,880.
The lowest paid Chief Principal at grade D5 will earn Sh152,400 an improvement from the current Sh131,380 as indicated in the fourth phase of the current CBA.
The highest paid Senior Principal at grade D4 will pocket Sh141,392 per month compared to the current Sh121,890 as the lowest paid will receive a monthly salary of Sh137,160 compared to Sh118,242 per month.
A Principal and Deputy Principal I at grade D3 will receive a similar salary of Sh121,387, an improvement from the Sh104,644 they currently earn.
The highest paid Deputy Principal II/Senior Master I and Lecturer I at grade D2 will see their basic salary increase to Sh105,607 from Sh91,041 currently.
If agreed upon and implemented, the lowest paid Deputy Principal II/Senior Head Teacher/Senior Lecturer II/CSOI at grade D1 will take home Sh98,912 up from Sh85,269 and the lowest paid will pocket Sh90,294 compared to Sh77,840 currently.
Lowest paid Senior Master III/Senior Lecturer III/Head Teacher/Deputy Head Teacher I/CSO II at grade C5 will also see their salary move to Sh72,235 from Sh62,272 while the highest paid will receive a monthly pay of Sh74,971 compared to the current Sh64,631.
Senior Master IV/Senior Lecturer IV/SNE Senior Teacher-Primary/SNE Teacher I-Secondary/Deputy Head Teacher II at C4 will boost the lowest paid teacher’s monthly salary from Sh52,308 to Sh60,677 while the highest will receive Sh64,500 compared to Sh55,604 per month.
Secondary Teacher I/Lecturer I/SNE Teacher I-Primary/SNE Teacher II-Secondary and Senior Teacher at grade C3 will be the first batch of teachers to enjoy the highest pay hike of 32 per cent spread across the four phases of the CBA.
Once effected, the highest paid teacher in this category will pocket Sh71,204 up from Sh53,943 while the lowest will take home Sh56,963 compared to the current Sh43,943 per month.
Highest paid teacher at grade C2, designated as Secondary Teacher II/Secondary Teacher II-UT graduate/Secondary Teacher II-Technical Certificate/SNE Teacher II-Primary /Lecturer II/Senior Teacher II, will receive Sh57,676 compared to Sh43,694 at the moment.
The lowest paid teacher at this grade will see their monthly salaries increase from the current Sh34,955 to Sh46,140 per month.
Secondary Teacher III/Secondary Teacher III-UT Certificate/Lecturer III/Primary Teacher I at grade C1 will also receive an increase of 32 per cent in their monthly salaries.
Consequently, the highest paid teacher at this grade will earn Sh35,897 per month on the lower side compared to Sh27195 while the highest paid teacher will pocket Sh44,872 compared to Sh33,994.
The lowest paid teacher at grade B5, designated as Primary II will see the lowest earn Sh28,717 compared to the current Sh21,756 per month.
Once agreed, the highest paid teacher at this grade will see their salary rise to Sh35,897 an improvement from the present Sh27,195.
It’s interesting to learn that,there is a boost in teachers pay,however it’s unfortunate to realize that a teacher in C3 is bound to earn more than his/her administrator in C4 who is deputy headteacher or a headteacher in that scale,it therefore beats logic on who should administer who.
TSC and SRC should factor educational achievement like Masters and PhD degrees at least to give value for education that they profess.
Does this mean the teachers in KNUT will still miss on this
Good idea to have teacher’s news site ….am ready to be part and parcel of the group
Good but wat about knit members
Well I have read and have understood that teachers doesn’t really matter to the Kenya government. I have seen that politicians matter most, followed by civil servants. We and doctors are nothing in this country. Let’s just trust God to take care of us.
Good but wat about knut members
Good
Still there is need for a negotiation. This is only a tsc’s counter proposal. As teachers we expect a higher rate than this one.
Good ?tBut what about those teachers who have stagnated in one grade for long?
The process should be expedited. Things can change before it’s noted someday in the payslips. I know comrades have started budgeting for the unhatched chicks…..