Teachers in Kenya are due to receive their pay raise this July. This is after their employer confirmed that the National Treasury has set Sh. 13.8 billion required for the implementation of the first phase of the Collective Bargaining Agreements from July 1.
However, the salary increase will not be implemented in one phase as demanded by Kenya National Union of Teachers and Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers.
Instead, the pay raise deal which will cost taxpayers Sh. 54 billion in four years, will be implemented in phases. According to the TSC, the deal is to be implemented in four phases, starting with a Sh. 13.8 billion first phase on July one.
On Wednesday, the top decision making organ of Knut softened its stance and asked that the implementation of the CBA be done in two phases after TSC indicated that it has other obligations to meet for teachers.
The commission argued that since it is required to promote teachers and hire new ones, full implementation of the Sh54 billion deal in one phase would affect its operations.
The salary deal has created a distinct career progression for all teachers and aims to ensure that both those in administrative and non-administrative positions have clear career paths.
The CBA established a new grading and salary structure based on the principle of equal pay for equal work with all primary and post-primary teachers in non-administrative positions moving from Grade B5 (former Job H) to D1 (formerly Job Group P). Primary school administrators are also supposed to be appointed procedurally.
