Members of Parliament have approved Ksh11 billion for teachers to receive a pay rise. This will see more than 300,000 teachers under the TSC payroll receive an enhanced pay rise.

Teachers from Primary schools who fall under the B5 grade and are paid Ksh24,476 will now get bumped up to C1 and earn Ksh30,595 monthly.

Another 100,000 teachers will also be promoted under the enhanced budget starting July this year. Of these teachers, half are in secondary schools with diploma qualifications.

Primary school teachers, who fall under grade B5 and presently take home Sh24,476, will now be moved up to C1 to earn Sh30,595 per month.Data tabled in Parliament by TSC and approved by MPs shows that Sh2 billion was approved to employ 5,000 new teachers under the 100 per cent transition programme. Another Sh1.2 billion will be used for recruitment of 10,000 intern teachers.

And to prepare for the Grade Five roll out of the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC), MPs approved Sh1 billion to train teachers.Overall, the legislators approved Sh7 billion to take care of the wage drifts and promotion funds.