TSC gives early August salary to teachers ahead of school reopening.
The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has started to pay teachers August salaries on time before schools reopen on Monday next week.
Both primary and secondary schools will be reporting for third term on Monday, 25th August, 2025 which has nine weeks.
Some teachers will be travelling long distances to report to their station of work after a three week August holiday.
Early salaries means teachers will be able to pay for their transport fare among other bills like food and school fees for their children.
A number of banks including Family Bank have already paid teachers salaries by close of business, Tuesday 19th August 2025.
The Commission has heeded to an order by the Head of Public Service, Mr Felix Koskei, who want all government agencies including TSC to submit payrolls to the National Treasury by the 20th of every month.
In a circular dated 24th June 2025, Koskei says all Ministries, Departments, Agencies, and County Governments to process and finalize their monthly payrolls by the 15th of every month.
“To further enhance the efficiency, accuracy, and integrity of the Government payroll management and to safeguard the timely remittance of all statutory deductions including but not limited to Pay As You Earn (PAYE), National Social Security Fund (NSSF), Higher Education Loan Board (HELB), National Industrial Training Authority (NITA), pension contributions, and Social Health Authority (SHA), the Government has revised the payroll procession and closure deadline to the 18th day of every month, effective immediately,” read the circular.
He said adherence to this revised schedule will facilitate the timely submission of exchequer requisitions to the National Treasury by the 20th of every month and to ensure that all public officers statutory deductions are up to date and active.
TSC closed its payroll exactly on 15th August paving way for early processing and actual payment of salaries into teachers accounts.
| OPENING | CLOSING | DURATION | |
| Term I | 6th January, 2025 | 4th April, 2025 | 13 Weeks |
| Half term | 26th February, 2025 | 2nd March, 2025 | 5 Days |
| April Holiday | 7th April, 2025 | 25th April, 2025 | 3 Weeks |
| Term II | 28h April, 2025 | 1st August, 2025 | 14 Weeks |
| Half term | 25th June, 2025 | 29th June, 2025 | 5 Days |
| August Holiday | 4th August, 2025 | 22nd August, 2025 | 3 Weeks |
| Term III | 25th August, 2025 | 24th October, 2025 | 9 Weeks |
| KPSEA | 27th October, 2025 | 30th October, 2025 | 4 Days |
| KILEA | 27th October, 2025 | 31st October, 2025 | 5 Days |
| KJSEA & KPLEA | 27th October, 2025 | 6th November, 2025 | 9 Days |
| KCSE (Form Fours only) | 3rd November, 2025 | 21st November, 2025 | 3 Weeks |
| December Holiday | 27th October, 2025, | 2nd January, 2026 | 10 Weeks |
- KPSEA — Kenya Primary Education Assessment.
- KILEA — Kenya Intermediate Level Education Assessment.
- KJSEA -Kenya Junior School Education Assessment.
- KPLEA — Kenya Pre-Vocational Izvcl Educaüon Assessment
The payment of teachers salaries will continue till Wednesday 20th August 2025 when most banks and Saccos will have effected payment into teachers accounts.
Below are the salaries and allowances payable to teachers from job group B5 to D5 inline with CBA 2025 – 2029 signed by TSC and teachers unions (Knut, Kuppet and Kusnet).
CONVERSION OF PRIMARY TEACHER II (GRADE B5 – TSCALE 5)
| BASIC SALARY W.E.F. 01/07/2024 | BASIC SALARY W.E.F. 01/07/2025 | ||
| SALARY POINTS | SALARY | SALARY POINTS | SALARY |
| 1 | 23,830 | 1 | 25,028 |
| 2 | 24,918 | 2 | 26,225 |
| 3 | 26,055 | 3 | 27,479 |
| 4 | 27,244 | 4 | 28,793 |
| 5 | 28,487 | 5 | 30,171 |
| 6 | 29,787 | 6 | 31,615 |
CONVERSION OF PRIMARY TEACHER I (GRADE C1 – TSCALE 6)
| BASIC SALARY W.E.F. 01/07/2024 | BASIC SALARY W.E.F. 01/07/2025 | ||
| SALARY POINTS | SALARY | SALARY POINTS | SALARY |
| 29,787 | 1 | 31,105 | |
| 2 | 31,147 | 2 | 32,561 |
| 3 | 32,569 | 3 | 34,085 |
| 4 | 34,055 | 4 | 35,680 |
| 5 | 35,609 | 5 | 37,350 |
| 6 | 37,234 | 6 | 38,900 |
CONVERSION OF SECONDARY TEACHER II/ LECTURER II/ SPECIAL NEEDS TEACHER – PRIMARY/SENIOR TEACHER II (GRADE C2- TSCALE 7)
| BASIC SALARY W.E.F. 01/07/2024 | BASIC SALARY W.E.F. 01/07/2025 | ||
| SALARY POINTS | SALARY | SALARY POINTS | SALARY |
| 38,286 | 1 | 39,070 | |
| 2 | 40,034 | 2 | 40,954 |
| 3 | 41,861 | 3 | 42,929 |
| 4 | 43,772 | 4 | 45,001 |
| 5 | 45,770 | 5 | 46,600 |
| 6 | 47,858 | 6 | 49,100 |
CONVERSION OF SECONDARY TEACHER I/ LECTURER I/ SENIOR SPECIAL NEEDS TEACHER – PRIMARY/SPECIAL NEEDS TEACHER – SECONDARY/SENIOR TEACHER I (GRADE C3 – TSCALE 8)
| BASIC SALARY W.E.F. 01/07/2024 | BASIC SALARY W.E.F. 01/07/2025 | ||
| SALARY POINTS | SALARY | SALARY POINTS | SALARY |
| 1 | 45,671 | 1 | 46,699 |
| 2 | 48,085 | 2 | 49,239 |
| 3 | 50,626 | 3 | 51,917 |
| 4 | 53,302 | 4 | 54,741 |
| 5 | 56,119 | 5 | 57,775 |
| 6 | 59,084 | 6 | 60,871 |
CONVERSION OF SENIOR MASTER IV/SENIOR LECTURER IV/SENIOR TEACHER-SNE/ SPECIAL NEEDS TEACHER SECONDARY/DEPUTY HEADTEACHER Il (GRADE C4 – TSCALE 9)
| BASIC SALARY W.E.F. 01/07/2024 | BASIC SALARY W.E.F. 01/07/2025 | ||
| SALARY POINTS | SALARY | SALARY POINTS | SALARY |
| 1 | 52,308 | 1 | 56,922 |
| 2 | 54,403 | 2 | 59,482 |
| 3 | 56,582 | 3 | 62,156 |
| 4 | 58,848 | ||
| 5 | 61,205 | 4 | 64,951 |
| 6 | 63,657 | 5 | 67,900 |
| 7 | 66,206 | 6 | 70,923 |
| 8 | 68,857 | ||
CONVERSION OF SENIOR MASTER Ill/ SENIOR LECTURER IWHEADTEACHEWSENIOR MASTER – SNE, HEADTEACHEVDEPUTY HEADTEACHER I (GRADE C5 – TSCALE 10)
| BASIC SALARY W.E.F. 01/07/2024 | BASIC SALARY W.E.F. 01/07/2025 | ||
| SALARY POINTS | SALARY | SALARY POINTS | SALARY |
| 1 | 62,272 | 1 | 67,900 |
| 2 | 64,880 | 2 | 71,100 |
| 3 | 67,597 | 3 | 72,828 |
| 4 | 70,428 | 4 | 75,978 |
| 5 | 73,377 | 5 | 78,100 |
| 6 | 76,450 | 6 | 79,100 |
| 7 | 79,651 | 7 | 81,100 |
CONVERSION OF SENIOR MASTER Il/ DEPUTY PRINCIPAL III/ SENIOR HEADTEACHER/ SENIOR LECTURER II (GRADE D1 – TSCALE 11)
| BASIC SALARY W.E.F. 01 /07/2024 | BASIC SALARY W.E.F. 01/07/2025 | ||
| SALARY POINTS | SALARY | SALARY POINTS | SALARY |
| 78,625 | 1 | 79,215 | |
| 2 | 80,946 | 2 | 81,553 |
| 3 | 83,335 | 3 | 83,960 |
| 4 | 85,795 | 4 | 86,438 |
| 5 | 88,327 | 5 | 88,989 |
| 6 | 90,934 | 6 | 91,616 |
| 7 | 93,618 | 7 | 94,320 |
| 8 | 96,381 | 8 | 97,104 |
CONVERSION OF DEPUTY PRINCIPAL II AND SENIOR MASTER I (GRADE D2 – TSCALE 12)
| BASIC SALARY W.E.F. 01/07/2024 | BASIC SALARY W.E.F. 01/07/2025 | ||
| SALARY POINTS | SALARY | SALARY POINTS | SALARY |
| 1 | 92,496 | 93,190 | |
| 2 | 95,136 | 2 | 98,585 |
| 3 | 97,851 | ||
| 4 | 100,644 | 3 | 101,399 |
| 5 | 103,516 | 4 | 104,292 |
| 6 | 106,470 | 5 | 107,269 |
| 7 | 109,508 | 6 | 110,329 |
| 8 | 112,633 | 7 | 113,478 |
CONVERSION OF PRINCIPAL AND DEPUTY PRINCIPAL I (GRADE D3 – TSCALE 13)
| BASIC SALARY W.E.F. 01/07/2024 | BASIC SALARY W.E.F. 01107/2025 | ||
| SALARY POINTS | SALARY | SALARY POINTS | SALARY |
| 1 | 106,043 | 1 | 106,838 |
| 2 | 109,630 | 2 | 110,452 |
| 3 | 113,337 | 3 | 114,1 87 |
| 4 | 117,170 | 4 | 118,049 |
| 5 | 121,132 | 5 | 122,040 |
| 6 | 125,229 | 6 | 26,168 |
| 7 | 129,463 | 7 | 130,434 |
CONVERSION OF SENIOR PRINCIPAL (GRADE D4 – TSCALE 14)
| BASIC SALARY W.E.F. 01/07/2024 | BASIC SALARY W.E.F. 01/07/2025 | ||
| SALARY POINTS | SALARY | SALARY POINTS | SALARY |
| 1 | 118,242 | 1 | 119,129 |
| 2 | 121,893 | 2 | 126,598 |
| 3 | 125,656 | ||
| 4 | 129,535 | 3 | 130,506 |
| 5 | 133,534 | 4 | 134,535 |
| 6 | 37,656 | 5 | 138,688 |
| 7 | 141,906 | 6 | 142,969 |
| 8 | 146,286 | 7 | 147,383 |
CONVERSION OF CHIEF PRINCIPAL (GRADE D5 – TSCALE 15)
| BASIC SALARY W.E.F. 01/07/2024 | BASIC SALARY W.E.F. 01/07/2025 | ||
| SALARY POINT | SALARY | SALARY POINT | SALARY |
| 1 | 131,380 | 1 | 132,365 |
| 2 | 1 35,436 | 2 | 136,452 |
| 3 | 139,617 | 3 | 140,664 |
| 4 | 143,927 | 4 | 145,006 |
| 5 | 148,370 | 5 | 149,483 |
| 6 | 1 52,951 | 6 | 154,098 |
| 7 | 157,672 | 7 | 158,855 |
| 8 | 162,539 | 8 | 163,758 |
HOUSE ALLOWANCE
| Grade | CLUSTER 1 Nairobi |
CLUSTER 2 Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru Cities, Nyeri, Eldoret, Thika, Kisii, Malindi, Kakamega and Kitale Municipalities |
CLUSTER 3 AlI other areas |
| BS | 6,750 | 4,500 | 3,850 |
| C1 | 10,000 | 7,500 | 5,800 |
| C2 | 16,500 | 12,800 | 9,600 |
| C3 | 28,000 | 22,000 | 16,500 |
| C4 | 28,000 | 22,000 | 16,500 |
| C5 | 35,000 | 25,500 | 18,000 |
| D1 | 45,000 | 28,000 | 21,000 |
| D2 | 45,000 | 28,000 | 21,000 |
| D3 | 45,000 | 28,000 | 21,000 |
| D4 | 45,000 | 28,000 | 21,000 |
| D5 | 50,000 | 35,000 | 25,000 |
BAGGAGE ALLOWANCE
| Grade | Rates in Kshs. per kilometer |
| B5 | 43 |
| C1 | 43 |
| C2 | 55 |
| C3 | 55 |
| C4 | 55 |
| C5 | 55 |
| D1 | 68 |
| D2 | 68 |
| D3 | 68 |
| D4 | 68 |
| D5 | 80 |
HARDSHIP ALLOWANCE, COMMUTER ALLOWANCE, ANNUAL LEAVE ALLOWANCE AND DISABILITY GUIDE ALLOWANCE
| Grade | Hardship Allowance | Commuter Allowance | Annual Leave Allowance | Disability Guide Allowance |
| B5 | 6,600 | 4,000 | 4,000 | 20,000 |
| C1 | 8,200 | 4,000 | 4,000 | 20,000 |
| C2 | 10,900 | 5,000 | 6,000 | 20,000 |
| C3 | 12,300 | 6,000 | 6,000 | 20,000 |
| C4 | 14,650 | 8,000 | 6,000 | 20,000 |
| C5 | 17,100 | 8,000 | 6,000 | 20,000 |
| D1 | 27,300 | 12,000 | 10,000 | 20,000 |
| D2 | 27,300 | 12,000 | 10,000 | 20,000 |
| D3 | 31,500 | 14,000 | 10,000 | 20,000 |
| D4 | 31,500 | 14,000 | 10,000 | 20,000 |
| D5 | 38,100 | 16,000 | 10,000 | 20,000 |
TSC gives early August salary to teachers ahead of school reopening.
