This archive report was first published on 30 July 2019.
Kenya's teachers were in for a salary boost from July 2019, with a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) set to benefit up to 160,000 teachers. The agreement, signed between the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) and teachers' unions on October 20, 2016, was to be implemented in four years for junior teachers and two phases for senior teachers.
Chief principals, earning a basic salary of between Sh. 111,201 and Sh. 152,937, would take home between Sh. 121,814 and Sh. 157,656. Senior principals in Grade D4 (Job Group P) would earn between Sh. 109,249 and Sh. 118,169.
Principals in Grade D3 (Job Group M and N) earning between Sh. 77,840 and Sh. 90,612, would now take home between Sh. 93,850 and Sh. 102,802. Deputy principals III, Grade D2 (Job Group N), would earn between Sh. 82,717 and Sh. 87,900.
Senior teachers, senior masters, and deputy principals IV in Grade D1 (Job Group M and N) would earn between Sh. 77,840 and Sh. 82,717. Headteachers, deputy headteachers I, and senior master III in Grade C5 (Job Group G to M) would take home between Sh. 51,632 and Sh. 62,272.
Deputy headteachers II in Grade C4 (Job Group G to L) would earn between Sh. 45,287 and Sh. 51,632. Secondary teachers I and senior teachers I in Grade C3 (Job Group L) would earn between Sh. 41,343 and Sh. 51,927.
Senior teachers II, secondary teachers II, and secondary II UT and primary special need education teachers in Grade C2 (Job Group G to J) would earn between Sh. 31,242 and Sh. 33,971 per month.
