9 Proposed Teacher Allowances in TSC Amendment Bill 2024.
The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) Amendment Bill, 2024, is currently under review by Parliament. This bill, introduced by Mandera South MP Abdul Haro, aims to enhance the financial benefits for educators through various allowances.
Proposed Allowances
House Allowance
Every teacher employed by the TSC will receive a house allowance, with rates determined by the commission. Teachers on interdiction will still receive their full house allowance until their case is resolved.
Commuter Allowance
Teachers will be eligible for a commuter allowance. However, this benefit will not apply to teachers under interdiction or suspension.
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Hardship Allowance
Teachers assigned to schools in designated hardship areas will receive a hardship allowance, calculated at a rate specified by the commission.
Special Duty Allowance
This allowance will be available to teachers performing administrative duties beyond their grade or those stationed in arid and semi-arid lands. The allowance ceases when the commission transfers a teacher, relieves them of administrative duties, or they attain the grade for their post.
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Responsibility Allowance
Heads of institutions, deputy heads, and senior teachers in job group ‘K’ and below will receive this allowance. The responsibility allowance becomes pensionable when teachers receive it immediately before retirement and stops if teachers cease administrative duties.
Special School Allowance
Teachers with special education skills assigned to special schools or units will receive this allowance, subject to Commission-determined rates. It will be discontinued if the teacher is no longer performing duties in a special school.
Reader’s Facilitation or Aid Allowance
The National Council of Persons with Disabilities will certify this allowance and give it to teachers who are blind, deaf, dumb, or have physical disabilities.
Leave Allowance
All teachers on the TSC payroll will receive an annual leave allowance, with rates set by the commission.
Transfer Allowance
The commission will pay teachers a transfer allowance, though specific details on this allowance were not outlined in the provided information.
These proposed allowances are non-pensionable, except for the responsibility allowance if earned up to and including the last date of retirement. The TSC Amendment Bill, 2024, seeks to provide these financial benefits to teachers, recognizing their diverse needs and circumstances.
9 Proposed Teacher Allowances in TSC Amendment Bill 2024.
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