Why Teachers And Civil Servants Will Receive Salaries Next Week
The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) will start paying teachers their June salaries as early as next Wednesday.
This will occur before the budget reading day on Thursday, June 15. Before the scheduled day for the official budget reading, teachers have begun collecting their pay early each June.
In advance of the start of the following fiscal year, TSC often pays teachers’ wages. After a new budget has been approved, the fiscal year 2022–2023 will come to a close.
Many teachers are waiting in line to receive their salaries in arrears next week. These include teachers at junior secondary schools (JSS), who have begun receiving their salaries on time.
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P1 teachers who were assigned to teach in the junior secondary school area this year are also in line.
Few PTE teachers who were sent to JSS were paid for one month’s worth of work, or without any back pay.
Additionally, TSC will make up any arrears owed to instructors who were transferred to the next job category. A few B5 teachers were transferred to C1.
TSC requested Sh74 billion in the budget, which it claimed it would use to hire at least 111,870 teachers over the next five years in order to close the gap.
The commission’s chief executive Nancy Macharia stated in a report presented to the Senate National Cohesion and Integration Committee, which is chaired by Marsabit MP Mohammed Chute, that the country as a whole is experiencing a teacher shortage of 111,870 teachers (47,329 at the primary level and 64,541 in post-primary institutions).
“Over a five-year period, the Commission must hire 111,870 teachers in order to address the teacher shortfall. According to Macharia, the Commission needs to set aside Sh14.8 billion annually for the intervention measure of hiring teachers.
According to her, the Commission has throughout the years put procedures in place that are focused toward the best possible staffing of teachers, taking into account a variety of criteria such as budgetary constraints, teacher demand and supply, and existing infrastructure.
The Commission also requested Sh4.3 billion, saying money will be used to support the Teacher Professional Development (TDP) program and promote teachers.
Sh2.2 billion of the funds, according to the report, will be used to promote the roughly 14,000 instructors who have remained in the same job category over the years and those who have earned higher credentials, while Sh2.1 billion will go toward funding the TPD program.
The commission claimed in a presentation to the National Assembly’s education committee, which examined the 2023–2024 budgets, that additional funding is needed to hire 20,000 interns and execute the comprehensive medical coverage for teachers.
According to the Commission’s strategic plan, the Medium Plan, the Vision 2030, and the National Priorities as stated in the Kenya Kwanza Manifesto, it has produced the 2023–24 fiscal year and the medium-term forecasts. The need to increase access to high-quality services in health, education, and suitable safety nets for vulnerable communities is one of the crucial concerns addressed by the manifesto, according to Macharia.
The committee was informed by TSC Chief Executive Nancy Macharia that a lot of teachers had been inactive in one work group for a long period, which has resulted in low productivity and demotivation.
“This situation also has an impact on how well students are educated. For the promotion of teachers in various job categories, TSC needs Sh2.2 billion, according to Macharia.
Why Teachers And Civil Servants Will Receive Salaries Next Week
