Teachers Set For Salary Increase Starting July 1, TSC Announces
The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has announced that teachers across the country will get salary increases starting next month.
TSC Chairperson Jamleck Muturi announced the allocation on Friday, June 26, during the concluding ceremony of the 49th KESSHA Annual National Conference of Principals in Mombasa, noting that the increased pay will be effective in July.
According to Muturi, the hike came after the government approved Ksh8.4 billion to raise their wages.
“We have been allocated Ksh8.4 billion for increasing teachers’ salaries from July this year. That money has been allocated, and we will ensure that it is paid,” Muturi said.
Muturi also revealed that the commission would publicize the promotion of over 30,000 teachers in the following weeks.
This comes after the National Treasury allocated Ksh2 billion to facilitate promotions as part of efforts to improve teachers’ welfare.
President Ruto has directed a salary increase for civil servants.
But here is the uncomfortable question: If workers need pay rises every few years just to survive, is the real problem salaries or the rising cost of living?
Food is more expensive. Rent is higher. Transport… pic.twitter.com/dDHw62jbKn— Nyakundi Report (@NyakundiReport) June 23, 2026
Additionally, the TSC chairperson revealed that the commission has secured funding to employ 24,000 Junior Secondary School (JSS) teachers on permanent and pensionable terms.
This move addresses one of the key demands raised by the teachers during recent nationwide demonstrations.
Muturi said the promotions will target teachers across several job groups, from C2 to D5, covering grades C2, C3, D1, D2, D3, D4, and D5.
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He added that the promotions will be based on merit, performance, and years of service, with TSC also taking into account teachers who have stagnated in the same job group for long periods.
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The Memorandum of Understanding, signed on June 18, is anchored on the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) signed between the two parties in July last year.
The CBA is expected to streamline long-standing promotion delays in the teaching service.
Under the new arrangement, teachers seeking promotions will no longer go through what has been described as a lengthy and complicated process before receiving recommendations and approvals for appointment.
Instead, teachers will now progress through six promotion levels, a reduction from the previous structure that required movement through more stages before reaching senior positions.
Teachers Set For Salary Increase Starting July 1, TSC Announces
