“The goal is to ensure teachers and/or their dependents can access basic medical care with ease within their locality or at the provider of their choice anywhere within the country,” said Mr Muthui. The details emerged after a November 7 meeting between Minet, TSC, and Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (Kuppet) officials. The meeting was called to enhance stakeholder engagement after complaints that some service providers were turning away teachers while others offered poor services. “This is a result of intensive lobbying. It is a major win for teachers and we hope that our members will get unparalleled services moving forward,” said Kuppet Secretary General Akelo Misori. Dental and optical Further details revealed that teachers would benefit from a review of dental and optical services. “These are spread throughout the country. In areas where this service is not available, Minet encourages service providers currently not offering these services to consider doing so for ease of access to its members,” read the statement. The scheme offers members and their dependents both dental and optical benefits pegged at a flat rate of Sh25,000 a year. The comprehensive medical scheme is funded through conversion of teachers’ medical allowance into a medical fund.
Teachers earned between Sh900 and Sh4,400 monthly medical allowances. This meant that the lowest paid teacher contributed Sh11,448 a year to the scheme while the highest paid contributed Sh52,944.

“The goal is to ensure teachers and/or their dependents can access basic medical care with ease within their locality or at the provider of their choice anywhere within the country,” said Mr Muthui. The details emerged after a November 7 meeting between Minet, TSC, and Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (Kuppet) officials. The meeting was called to enhance stakeholder engagement after complaints that some service providers were turning away teachers while others offered poor services. “This is a result of intensive lobbying. It is a major win for teachers and we hope that our members will get unparalleled services moving forward,” said Kuppet Secretary General Akelo Misori. Dental and optical Further details revealed that teachers would benefit from a review of dental and optical services. “These are spread throughout the country. In areas where this service is not available, Minet encourages service providers currently not offering these services to consider doing so for ease of access to its members,” read the statement. The scheme offers members and their dependents both dental and optical benefits pegged at a flat rate of Sh25,000 a year. The comprehensive medical scheme is funded through conversion of teachers’ medical allowance into a medical fund.
Teachers earned between Sh900 and Sh4,400 monthly medical allowances. This meant that the lowest paid teacher contributed Sh11,448 a year to the scheme while the highest paid contributed Sh52,944.