TSC to recover house and hardship allowances paid to teachers

Full list of allowances paid to teachers by TSC; How to get the allowances.

Teachers are in for a rude shock after the Teachers Service Commission, TSC, moved to recover over-payments in house and hardship allowances. The Commission via letters sent to affected teachers has indicated that teachers who were wrongly mapped and have been enjoying the increased allowances will be made to repay.

“This office (TSC head office) has learnt that your school was mapped under former municipality and marked for hardship allowance erroneously,” says the TSC boss Nancy Macharia.

Affected teachers will have the recoveries effected from their salaries through the check off system.

This comes even as the Commission continues to make recoveries from classroom teachers who were marked as administrators.

TSC ALLOWANCES

The Commission pays monthly house allowance to every teacher in its employment at a rate determined by the Commission from time to time. The current rates were proposed by the Salaries and Remuneration Commission, SRC; where teachers in major towns and municipalities earn higher perks than those in rural areas.

On the other hand, teachers assigned to teach in a school situated in a designated and gazzetted hardship area receive monthly hardship allowances. There are plans to degazette some of the hardship areas; which have since seen development and upgrade.

The allowances are paid as per the teachers’ job groups.

TABLE SHOWING ALLOWANCES PAID TO TEACHERS BY TSC.

S/NO	GRADE JOB GROUP	COMMUTER	LEAVE	HARDSHIP	HOUSE ALLOWANCE *educationnewshub.co.ke*				LOCAL TRAVEL educationnewshub.co.ke
S/NO	GRADE JOB GROUP	COMMUTER	LEAVE	HARDSHIP	Nairobi	Major municipalities*	Other municipalities*	others	Cluster 1*	Cluster 2*	Cluster 3*
1	B5	4,000	4,000	6,600	6,750	4,500	3,850	3,200	6,300	4,900	4,200
2	C1	4,000	4,000	8,200	10,000	7,500	5,800	4,200	6,300	4,900	4,200
3	C2	5,000	6,000	10,900	16,500	12,800	9,600	7,500	11,200	8,400	7,000
4	C3	6,000	6,000	12,300	28,000	22,000	16,500	13,000	11,200	8,400	7,000
5	C4	8,000	6,000	14,650	28,000	22,000	16,500	13,000	11,200	8,400	7,000
6	C5	8,000	6,000	17,100	35,000	25,500	18,000	20,000	11,200	8,400	7,000
7	D1	12,000	10,000	27,300	45,000	28,000	25,000	20,000	14,000	10,500	8,400
8	D2	13,000	10,000	30,000	50,000	35,000	25,000	20,000	14,000	10,500	8,400
9	D3	14,000	10,000	32,700	50,000	35,000	25,000	20,000	14,000	10,500	8,400
10	D4	15,000	10,000	35,400	50,000	35,000	25,000	20,000	14,000	10,500	8,400
11	D5	16,000	10,000	38,100	50,000	35,000	25,000	20,000	14,000	10,500	8,400

Key:

Former Major Municipalities* include: Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru, Nyeri, Eldoret, Thika, Kisii, Malindi and Kitale.
Other former Municipalities* are: Ruiru, Kikuyu, Kitui, Machakos, Mlolongo, Athi River, Vihiga, Wote, Mumias, Bomet, Limuru, Kericho, Kimilili, Kakamega, Kapsabet, Kiambu, Bungoma, Webuye, Busia, Runyenjes, Migori, Embu, Homa Bay, Lodwar, Meru, Nyahururu, Nanyuki, Maua, Voi, Siaya, Chuka and Kerugoya/ Kutus.
Cluster 1* include: Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu, Malindi, Kilifi, Lamu, Kwale and Naivasha.
Cluster 2*: Nyeri, Eldoret, Kericho, Kakamega, Kisii, Embu, Nanyuki, Nakuru, Lodwar and Garissa.

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