According to TSC, the salaries of the junior secondary school teachers salaries will differ from that of the primary school and senior secondary Schools. This will also depend on the teacher’s job group.
After three years of being in service, under the CBC, teachers will automatically be promoted to job group C3 formerly known as job group K. This will be accepted after filling the TSC promotion form.
Freshly employed graduates employed by the Teachers Service Commission, TSC, earn a basic monthly salary of 34,955 shillings.
They earn a monthly commuter allowance of 5,000 shillings, an annual Leave allowance (paid every January) of Sh6,000, and a monthly House allowance of between 7,000 shillings to 16,500 shillings depending on the area of residence.
Hardship allowance is also paid to those working in gazette hardship areas. As stipulated in the appointment letter, the newly employed teacher remains on probation for a period of not less than six (6) months.
The P1 teachers deployed to secondary with degrees and PhDs will therefore fall under this category. They will begin at job group C2, formerly known as Job Group K, and are designated Secondary Teacher l.
The government of Kenya through the ministry of education changed the school curriculum from 8-4-4 to In Competence-Based Curriculum, CBC, with new directives that will be followed in the new curriculum.
CBC learners will be required to join junior secondary schools after are through with their grade six national examinations. Therefore, the government is also expected to produce the names of the schools that will offer junior secondary School education within the country
Early last month, TSC gave out the qualifications of the teachers who will handle learners in junior secondary Schools.
After completing the syllabus of the above education level, students will now join the normal secondary Schools. Nevertheless, CBC will also be applicable and taught at all education levels.