TSC also struck a reconciliatory tone with teachers, explaining various points of the CBA that she said are being addressed. “I am aware that you have raised the issue of applicable allowances in line with your current pay grades. The commission is working out the modalities to pay the allowances in phases within the life of current CBA,” said Macharia. Some heads complained that the allowances they received were paid at a lower rate after the new grading system. Macharia said in the course of implementation of the CBA, some headteachers converted to higher grades, which qualified them for higher allowances.
Under promotion, TSC said teachers stand to benefit more from the current provisions of the CBA. Unlike in the past when there was no provision for common cadre promotion for teachers joining at the level of P1, there is now provision for P1 teachers who join at T-Scale 5 to progress to T-Scale 6 after three years, the TSC boss said. She also said secondary Teacher III, TSC-Scale 6 and Secondary Teacher II, TSC-Scale 7 are also common cadre grades. Sossion however maintains that the three schemes of service-for non-graduate, graduate and technical teachers and lecturers be reinstated. Under the old arrangement, all non-graduate teachers in job group G would progress through automatic promotion to job group L. Promotions were effected every three years and based on annual appraisals. The teachers could also move from job group L to N through interviews. Graduate teachers in job group P would move through progression to job group R.
Courtesy of The Standard
