The Teachers Service Commission TSC updates teacher allowance rates on a regular basis. Allowances are adjusted according to the most recent Job Group (Grade) after a TSC promotion.

TSC provides teachers with a range of allowance options. These stipends are given to teachers on top of their monthly salary.

TSC’s allowances are determined by a number of criteria, including the workstation, each teacher’s job grade, their tasks, and the kind of students they deal with.

TSC 2024 – 2025 CBA Allowances

While most allowances are paid every month, others are not. An explanation of the many kinds of allowances that TSC pays is provided below.

Paying Stipends

There are two types of remunerative allowances:

• Automatic
• Those paid upon application

Automatic allowances include:

• House
• Medical (No longer paid to teachers; deducted and paid directly to Minet insurance and another is given to the NHIF)
• Commuter
• Hardship
• Leave allowance

House Allowance

House allowance is paid on a monthly basis to all teachers. It is paid on two criteria: Job grade and workstation. Teachers in higher job groups earn a higher house allowance than those in lower cadres.

Responsibility Allowance

This is paid to head teachers, deputy head teachers, and senior teachers who are at Job Group K and below.

Special Duty Allowance

This is payable to teachers below job group M appointed to administrative posts by the commission and deployed in arid and semi-arid lands.

Readers Allowance

This is paid to a visually impaired teacher who has engaged a reader whose minimum qualification is not below KCSE D+/KCE Division III. The allowance is paid at a fixed rate determined from time to time by the commission. Also called facilitation or aid allowance, the reader’s allowance is paid at a rate of Sh15,000 per month to blind teachers and those confined to wheelchairs by virtue of their disability.

Interpreters Allowance

This is payable to deaf teachers who engage interpreters while on study leave.

Special School Allowance

This is paid to teachers specializing in special needs education and who have been deployed to teach in special schools or units.

Transfer Allowance

This is payable to teachers who have been transferred from one workstation to another, provided the transfer is initiated by the Commission. It is equivalent to a teacher’s basic pay for one month.

Reimbursable Expenses

The commission reimburses the following expenses to teachers:

• Traveling expenses: The teacher is eligible for reimbursement only in the following circumstances;
  • Where a teacher’s interdiction has been revoked.
  • While traveling to attend an interview.
  • Traveling to a station on first posting outside the home District.
  • Traveling from duty station outside home District on retirement.
  • Teachers working in hardship areas traveling to and from home during school holidays. The teacher’s home District must be outside the hardship area. Teachers should apply on prescribed forms attaching supporting documents.
• Quota per diem: This is a daily subsistence allowance paid to teachers on official assignments. The application must be made at least 14 days before traveling.