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TSC hardship sub counties in Kenya and Hardship Allowances

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Teachers working in hardship areas get a special allowance called ‘hardship allowance’. The Teachers Service Commission, TSC, pays extra allowances (hardship allowances) to teachers working in areas classified as hardship. While classifying an area to be a hardship area, the locality must meet any of these conditions:

  • Lack of or unavailability or inaccessibility to food,
  • Inadequate transport and communication network,
  • Limited basic social services and amenities,
  • Persistent harsh climatic conditions like flooding, landslides and drought,
  • Insecurity and high possibility of security threats.

Hardship allowance is therefore paid in an effort to compensate for the cost of living for teachers working in areas designated as hardship. Like stated above, teachers working in hardship areas face a myriad of challenges; from lack of water, flooding to hostile living conditions characterized by constant spates of attacks.

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Hardship allowances

In December, 2014, the Salaries and Remuneration Commission, SRC, reviewed hardship allowance to be paid at a flat rate for all equivalent grades/ job groups. The Commission effectively abolished the pegging of the hardship allowance as a percentage of basic pay.

Administrators in Job grade D5 (Chief Principals) receive the highest house allowance of Sh38,100.

The table below summarizes the monthly hardship allowance rates that are paid to teachers working in hardship areas; per job group:

S/NO GRADE TSC SCALE FORMER JOB GROUP Hardship Allowance- in Kshs per Month
1 B5 5 G 6,600
2 C1 6 H 8,200
3 C2 7 I 10,900
4 C3 8 J 12,300
5 C4 9 K 14,650
6 C5 10 L 17,100
7 D1 11 M 27,300
8 D2 12 N 27,300
9 D3 13 P 31,500
10 D4 14 Q 31,500
11 D5 15  R 38,100

 

TSC designated hardship areas.

TSC has designated various areas as hardship. The areas considered as hardship include those that are prone to terrorism, famine and aridity. As of 2012, TSC had about 38 areas approved as hardship.

Currently, teachers teaching in schools located in some parts of the following counties receive monthly hardship allowances.

Hardship Designated Areas.

The Salaries and Remuneration Commission is in the process of reviewing the allowances paid to teachers. As such, the following areas (currently designated as hardship) may be affected:

S/NO. AREA/ COUNTY
1 Garissa County
2 Isiolo County
3 Kilifi County
4 Kwale County
5 Lamu County
6 Mandera County
7 Marsabit County
8 Narok County
9 Samburu County
10 Taita Taveta County
11 Tana River County
12 Turkana
13 Wajir County
14 West Pokot County
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TSC leave Allowance (Latest rates per job group)

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The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) pays an annual leave allowance to all teachers in its payroll. Leave allowance is a yearly allowance paid together with the January Salary of the preceding year. It is given as per a teacher’s grade; with those in higher job grades earning more.

Teachers at Grade B5 (T- Scale 5); Primary Teacher II, receive a yearly annual leave allowance of Sh4,000. The same amount is paid to teachers in Grade C1 (T- Scale For Secondary Teacher III, Lecturer III and Primary Teacher I).

Sh6,000 is paid as annual leave allowance to all teachers in Grade C2 (T- Scale 7; Secondary Teacher II, SNE Teacher II (Primary Schools), Lecturer II and Senior Teacher II), and Grade C3 {T- Scale 8; Secondary Teacher I, Lecturer I, SNE Teacher I (Primary Schools), SNE Teacher II (Secondary Schools) and Senior Teacher I}.

Teachers in Grade C4 [T- Scale 9; Senior Master IV, Senior Lecturer IV, SNE Senior Teacher (Primary Schools), SNE Teacher I (Secondary Schools) and Deputy Head Teacher II] and those in Grade C5 [T- Scale 10; Deputy Principal IV, Senior Master III, Senior Lecturer III, Head Teacher, Deputy Head Teacher and Curriculum Support Officer II] also receive Sh6,000 as annual leave allowance.

Finnaly all teachers in Grade D1 (T- Scale 11) to Grade D5 (T- Scale 15) receive a yearly leave of Sh10,000.

TSC Annual Leave Allowances For Teachers

S/NO Grade Leave Allowance
1 B5 4,000
2 C1 4,000
3 C2 6,000
4 C3 6,000
5 C4 6,000
6 C5 6,000
7 D1 10,000
8 D2 10,000
9 D3 10,000
10 D4 10,000
11 D5 10,000

 

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New allowances for chiefs and their assistants as teachers wait for new CBA

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The Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) has awarded Chiefs and their Assistants a new allowance for the extra duties that they perform. The new allowance (extraneous allowance) will not only benefit Chiefs but also other field officers in the ministry of interior and coordination of national government (up to Regional Commissioners).

According to the Ministry of Interior, the awarding of the extraneous allowance will boost the morale of the Field officers since it will be in commensurate with the nature of their work and the risks that they face in the field.

The new award is as a result of the extra responsibilities, extraneous nature of their roles, fairness and equity relative to all other public servants

“The Ministry gladly acknowledges this pertinent move geared towards motivating the officers with a view to improving service delivery,” said the Principal Secretary, Dr. (Eng.) Karanja Kibicho via a circular.

Kibicho said that besides routine coordination of security services across the country, the mandate of the administrators had in the recent past been expanded through executive orders No. 3/2014, No. 1/2016, and No. 1/2018 (revised).

“This is in addition to executive orders No. 1 of 2019 and No. 2 of 2020, which contain presidential directives aimed at strengthening service delivery up to the grassroots level, he added.

Read the contents from Eng. Kibicho below;

TSC Allowances.

The new allowance comes at a time when the SRC has completed the exercise of viewing the allowances given to government employees.

already, the Commission has reviewed a number of allowances that teachers currently receive.

Reviewed TSC allowances

TSC allowances that will be restructured include:

Annual Leave Allowance

It is an allowance that is paid once in a year to teachers while on leave; usually paid with the January salaries. The Commission is intending to review this allowance due to the following reasons:

  • The wide banding of job group eligible for Annual Leave Allowance is discriminative;
  • There is a disparity in the rates payable in the Public Service.
  • Some public sector institutions pay Annual Leave Allowance as a percentage of the basic salary, other institutions pay Annual Leave Allowance as an absolute figure.
  • Some public institutions allow for commutation of non-utilized leave days for cash.

Consequently, this is how the annual leave should be paid;

The Annual Leave Allowance shall be paid in absolute figure and not a percentage of basic salary. Indeed, this how TSC pays the annual leave for teachers and hence no much changes are expected here.

The SRC shall review the banding structure in the Annual Leave Allowance payments to provide clarity in banding and rates payable by the teacher’s grade.

Hardship Allowance

This is an allowance that is paid to teachers deployed in designated hardship areas. The allowance is meant to compensate teachers working in the Hardship Areas to compensate them for lack of basic social services and amenities, security risk, harsh climatic conditions, isolation and family separation.

Some teachers are set to lose the hardship allowance because the designated hardship areas shall be reviewed, by the relevant government institution/s to reflect changes in designated hardship areas arising from benefits of devolution and Equalization Fund. This is because devolution has implied that Counties are no longer necessarily hardship areas since they are receiving equalization funds to promote development in the counties thereby addressing the characteristics of hardship areas.

Related news; TSC reviews hardship areas; See latest list of all hardship areas

Responsibility Allowance

This is an allowance paid to teachers in administrative posts. SRC has since abolished this allowance because the purpose for which the allowance is paid has been factored in the relative worth of the job through the job undertaken by the Commission. Indeed, this allowance was incorporated in the basic salaries for teachers holding administrative roles.

Medical Allowance

The allowances are paid alongside monthly salary based on the job group to cater for outpatient medical treatment. The allowance has now been abolished. Teachers lost their medical allowance some time back; and, part of it is paid to the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF; which is a statutory deduction) and the remaining goes to the TSC procured medical insurance scheme, AON-Minet.

See also; Teachers’ AON-Minet medical scheme 2019-2022: TSC finally releases guidelines, details

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List of TSC Allowances and Benefits to be Retained

The following allowances shall not be modified:

S/N Allowance Name
1 Commuter Allowance
2 House Allowance
3 Disability Guide Allowance
4 Transfer Allowance
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House allowance per job group (Latest House Allowance Rates)

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The Teachers Service Commission, TSC, pays house allowance to teachers on a monthly basis; alongside their salaries.. This allowance is only paid to all teachers on the TSC payroll.

Teachers receive different rates of house allowances. Two factors influence the rate of Payment of house allowance. These factors are:

  • the teacher’s job group and
  • work station.

Payment of House Allowance based on Work Station

Teachers’ Workstations have been classified, by the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC), thus;

  • Nairobi,
  • Former Major Municipalities (Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru, Nyeri, Eldoret, Thika, Kisii, Malindi and Kitale),
  • Other former Municipalities; Ruiru, Kikuyu, Kitui, Machakos, Mlolongo, Athi River, Vihiga, Wote, Mumias, Bomet, Limuru, Kericho, Kimilili, Kakamega, Kapsabet, Kiambu, Bungoma, Webuye, Busia, Runyenjes, Migori, Embu, Homa Bay, Lodwar, Meru, Nyahururu, Nanyuki, Maua, Voi, Siaya, Chuka and Kerugoya/ Kutus
  • Other areas; this include all regions not mentioned in bullet 1-3 above.

Teachers working in Nairobi receive the highest house allowances as opposed to their counterparts working in reserves (other areas).

Payment of House Allowance based on job groups

Similarly, teachers in higher job groups get more house allowances than their counterparts in lower groups.

Read about all other allowances here; Full details on all allowances paid to teachers by TSC.

TSC HOUSE ALLOWANCE RATES FOR TEACHERS

Administrators in Job grades D5 to D2 and working in Nairobi receive the highest monthly house allowance. These teachers pocket Sh50,000 per month.

Here are the latest TSC House Allowance rates per job group and work station;

S/No. JOB GROUP Nairobi Major municipalities* Other municipalities* others
1 B5 6,750 4,500 3,850 3,200
2 C1 10,000 7,500 5,800 4,200
3 C2 16,500 12,800 9,600 7,500
4 C3 28,000 22,000 16,500 13,000
5 C4 28,000 22,000 16,500 13,000
6 C5 35,000 25,500 18,000 20,000
7 D1 45,000 28,000 25,000 20,000
8 D2 50,000 35,000 25,000 20,000
9 D3 50,000 35,000 25,000 20,000
10 D4 50,000 35,000 25,000 20,000
11 D5 50,000 35,000 25,000 20,000

 

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TSC allowances (Commuter allowances)

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The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) pays Commuter allowance to all teachers on the payroll. This is an allowance paid to teachers, monthly, to cater for transport costs to duty. Chief Principals at Grade D5 receive the highest amount of monthly commuter allowance. These teachers receive Sh16,000 per month as Commuter allowance.

Senior Principals at grade D4 and Principals at grade D3 get a monthly commuter allowance of Sh14,000.

On their part, Deputy Principals III at grade D2 and Deputy Principal IV & Senior Master II at grade D1 receive Sh12,000 as monthly commuter allowance.

Senior Masters II (grade C5) and Deputy Head Teachers (Grade C4) equally get a commuter allowance of Sh8,000.

Secondary school teachers at grade C3 are paid a monthly commuter allowance of Sh6,000. Note that this is the largest group of secondary school teachers.

The least paid teacher at grade B5 receives a monthly commuter pay of Sh4,000.

Summary of Commuter allowances paid to teachers by TSC

Here is the full table showing the commuter allowances paid to teachers per job group.

S/NO GRADE TSC SCALE FORMER JOB GROUP Commuter Allowance- in Kshs. Per Month
1 B5 5 G 4,000
2 C1 6 H 5,000
3 C2 7 I 5,000
4 C3 8 J 6,000
5 C4 9 K 8,000
6 C5 10 L 8,000
7 D1 11 M 12,000
8 D2 12 N 12,000
9 D3 13 P 14,000
10 D4 14 Q 14,000
11 D5 15  R 16,000