The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has activated the April salaries for teachers and its secretariat staff.
The Commission closed the April payroll on Thursday 16th April, an indication of early salaries for teachers.
Teachers salaries are likely to hit their Bank and Sacco accounts by Friday 17th April or in the morning hours of Saturday 18th April.
However details show over thirty thousand teachers are missing in the April TSC payroll.
A source close to the TSC payroll department revealed that over thirty thousand teachers which include a number of teachers recently recruited by the Commission have not been captured for this month payment.
They include intern and replacement teachers employed in January. Though majority have been captured, a significant number will still miss pay.
Reports also indicate teachers promoted and posted to schools in January are also not included in the April pay structure.
The Commission approved promotion of 21,383 teachers and posted some of them to new schools to start their new roles.
Teachers promoted under common cadre inline with the Career Progression Guidelines (CPG) will also wait longer before salary changes are effected.
The Commission made a number of fresh teacher employments in January to plug shortage in schools.
TSC employed a total of 24,000 junior school intern teachers and deployed them to schools in January.
The Commission employed another additional 9,159 teachers as replacement for teachers who exited teaching service in 2025.
The intern teachers were recruited on a one year internship contract running from 1st January to 31st December, 2026 while the replacement teachers were recruited on permanent and pensionable terms to replace teachers who exited TSC payroll through natural attrition.
The replacements included 7,065 posts for primary schools, 12 posts for junior schools and 2,082 posts for secondary schools.
The intern and replacement teachers are strugling with bills. Some have not received any payment since their employment in January.
Others have received only March salaries with January and February arrears still pending.
However the Commission received an allocation of sh 24.2 billion in the supplementary budget to cover for salary shortfalls and teachers SHA contributions
President William Ruto had on Wednesday 8th April assented to the Supplementary Appropriations Bill, 2026, at State House Nairobi making it a law which increased total government expenditure by sh 393 billion from sh 4.3 trillion to sh 4.69 trillion.
“It aligns the national budget to address urgent and emerging priorities, including critical security operations, disaster response, and strategic infrastructure investments,” Ruto had said.
A junior school intern teacher earns a monthly stipend of sh 20,000 but receive around sh 18,000 after SHIF, Housing levy and NSSF deductions.
The internship programme has however recently been declared illegal by the Court of Appeal which forces TSC to review its whole structure including converting the teachers to permanent and pensionable terms.
Unlike interns, the replacement teachers are entitled to full benefits especially after completion of their probation period.
The teachers will be entitled to full salary and allowance benefits. P1 teachers who are employed at grade B5 also known as primary teacher II will start with a basic salary of sh. 25,028 to a maximum of sh. 31,615.
In addition they will be entitled to a commuter allowance of sh. 4,000, annual leave allowance sh. 4,000 (paid once in January) and a hardship allowance of sh. 6,600 for those working in hardship areas.
The teachers will be paid a house allowance of sh. 3,500. Teachers working in Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru Cities, Nyeri, Eldoret, Thika, Kisii, Malindi, Kakamega and Kitale Municipalities will be paid sh. 4,500 while those working in Nairobi will get sh. 6,750 as house allowance.
They will get a comprehensive medical cover under Social Health Authority (SHA) through their monthly medical allowance.
The teachers will automatically be promoted to job group C1 after serving for three years.
For junior and senior school teachers their employment is different. Those with Diploma were employed at job group C1 while graduate teachers started at job group C2.
The graduate teacher at job group C2 also known as secondary teacher II will start with a basic salary of sh. 39,070 which will increase to a maximum of sh. 49,100.
In addition they will be entitled to a commuter allowance of sh. 5,000, annual leave allowance sh. 6,000 (paid once in January) and a hardship allowance of sh. 10,900 for those working in hardship areas.
The teachers will be paid a house allowance of sh. 9,600. Teachers working in Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru Cities, Nyeri, Eldoret, Thika, Kisii, Malindi, Kakamega and Kitale Municipalities will be paid sh. 12,800 while those working in Nairobi will get sh. 16,500 as house allowance.
Diploma teachers will be promoted to grade C2 after serving for three years while the graduates will be moved to grade C3 automatically after serving same period.
The teachers are currently serving a six month probation period before they can be converted to pnp.
“Note that the effective date of your appointment will be the date you report for duty. Your salary will be Ksh 300,336 p.a on the T-Scale 5 (Ksh 300,336 p.a to Ksh 379,380 p.a). You will also be entitled to Automatic House Allowance, Commuter Allowance and Hardship Allowance (where applicable),” reads an employment letter of a P1 teachers sent in a school in Kilifi.
The teachers will also enjoy all TSC leaves including payment of annual leave allowance which is done once in January each year.
Most of these leaves are applied and approved through an online platform except under special circumstances;
1. Sick Leave
2. Annual Leave
3. Compassionate Leave
4. Paternity Leave
5. Maternity Leave
6. Study Leave
7. Special Leave
8. Adoption Leave
9. Spouse of Diplomat Leave
