The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has proposed a salary increment for all teachers from job group B5 to D5 in a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) 2025 – 2029.
Details have also emerged that TSC wants to make the adjustments and effect the payrise deal in the July payroll which is currently open and running.
The Commission only awaits a nod and signing by the three teacher unions in a meeting slated for Friday 18th July.
TSC has invited KNUT which represents primary school teachers, KUPPET which represents post primary school teachers and KUSNET which represent teachers in special schools for final talks and signing of CBA 2025 – 2029at the Kenya Institute of Special Education.
TSC which met the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) on Tuesday over the new CBA has proposed an increment of 16% to 32% on basic salaries and a 20% increment on all allowances paid to teachers starting 1st July 2025.
The Commission has also proposed scrapping of job groups B5 and C4 and introduction of job groups D1 and D2 for primary school teachers.
This means all teachers especially those in lower cadres will move one job group up. For example a teacher in grade C1 will move to C2 and a C2 to C3.
TSC and SRC meeting ironed out some impasse including the issue of hardship allowance which was proposed to be scrapped and slashed in some regions.
TSC and SRC agreed that the existing hardship areas shall be retained and teachers will continue to earn their hardship allowances.
TSC and teachers’ unions are expected to sign CBA 2025 – 2029 this Friday which will have both monetary and non-monetary benefits.
Both Knut and Kuppet have threatened to call nationwide strikes should TSC fail to implement the new CBA within the next two weeks.
The current CBA 2021-2025 already expired on 30th June and teachers can only get salary increment by signing a new CBA.
The new CBA will start from 1st July 2025 till 30th June 2029 but in the proposals the implementation of the monetary benefits might be spread in three years instead of the usual four years.
Kuppet is demanding a 50% salary increase for teachers in higher job groups, and a 100% raise for those in lower grades.
“We are ready to engage constructively with the Commission, but we expect these talks to go beyond formality. Teachers are demanding a meaningful package that reflects the realities of the current economy,” said Misori.