More than 152,000 teachers in lower cadres will be the major beneficiaries of a Sh. 54 billion salary increase deal that was signed last year after the government agreed to implement it in two phases.
This is after their employer, the Teachers Service Commission, on Thursday evening convinced the government to have the raise implemented in two phases for teachers in job groups H and J starting July 1.
The deal overhauls the current grading system and caps the overall salary of the highest-paid teacher at Sh157,656 and the lowest-paid at 21,756.
On Friday, the TSC will hold a crucial meeting with Kenya National Union of Teachers and Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers leadership to look at the final implementation report of the collective bargaining agreement that will run until June 30, 2021.
The agreement also abolished the P1 teacher position, which was Job Group G, and those in the grade will move to H, which will be known as B5.
In the current structure, the lowest-paid of the 305,000 teachers in the country gets between Sh16,672 and Sh21,304. Those in the next level are paid Sh19,323 to Sh26,442 while the highest-paid earns between Sh109,089 and Sh144,928.
From July 1, a teacher in grade B5 (former Job Group H) will earn between Sh21,756 and Sh27,195 and C1 (Group J) Sh27,195 to Sh33,994.
