A section of junior school teachers working on internship terms are troubled after it emerged that they could miss from TSC January payroll.
TSC employed a total of 20,000 junior school intern teachers and posted them to schools in January to start their one year contract running from 1st January to 31st December 2025.
However the Commission extended their contract for one more year and the teachers were required to sign an offer accepting or declining the extension.
The new internship contract runs from 1st January to 31st December, 2026.
Those who accepted renewal of contract were further required to submit a valid Personal Accident Cover for the new engagement period.
Those who rejected the new contract were required to hand over all institutional property in their custody and clear with the Head of Institution.
TSC Sub County Directors were required to compile and submit the lists of Interns, Offer Letters and county summary of acceptance and declines to Director Staffing by 23rd January 2026.
The Directors were tasked to update the online casualty (Entry/Exit) portal to indicate status of acceptance or decline for each Intern teacher.
The JSS intern teachers are anxious after a significant number of them had their casualty details submitted late to the Commission.
Some TSC Directors also claimed that some teachers details that were submitted were rejected as they were not captured correctly.
TSC cannot make payment without scrutinizing to know which teachers accepted the offer and which ones declined the new contract.
Some junior school teachers blame primary school headteachers who are acting principals in junior schools for delays in submitting the crucial details to the Commission.
TSC already closed the January payroll on Friday and there is nothing the teachers can do to change the T-Pay status but to wait till February when TSC will pay them February salaries with January arrears.
TSC will start crediting salaries into teachers Bank and Sacco accounts on Tuesday.
Teachers employed on permanent and pensionable terms will get enhanced pay as TSC will pay leave allowance in the January salaries.
A teacher must have served for at least a year to qualify for annual leave allowance which is paid once in January each year.
Intern teachers and teachers working on contract are not eligible. The lowest teacher in B5 will pocket sh 4,000 and highest teacher in D5 will take home sh 10,000.
However B5 and C1 teachers will get a net of sh 3,675, C2, C3, C4 and C5 teachers will pocket sh 5,450 while D1, D2, D3, D4 and D5 teachers will take home sh 9,187 after PAYE deduction.
Below are the leave allowances rates payable to teachers from job group B5 to D5 inline with CBA 2025 – 2029.
ANNUAL LEAVE ALLOWANCE
| Grade | Annual Leave Allowance |
| B5 | 4,000 |
| C1 | 4,000 |
| C2 | 6,000 |
| C3 | 6,000 |
| C4 | 6,000 |
| C5 | 6,000 |
| D1 | 10,000 |
| D2 | 10,000 |
| D3 | 10,000 |
| D4 | 10,000 |
| D5 | 10,000 |
