Pay for 102,619 teachers miscalculated as TSC promises to clear arrears in February

Teachers Service Commission CEO Nancy Macharia answer questions from head teachers of various schools on the second day of Kenya Primary Schools Head Teachers Association (KEPSHA) 13th annual delegates conference at Sheikh Zayed Centre in Mombasa, December 05, 2017. [PHOTO:GIDEON MAUNDU/STANDARD].

Over 100,000 teachers will not get their leave allowances at the end of the month because of a technical hitch, Teachers Service Commission has said.

TSC said the allowances, a key part of the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) negotiated with teachers' unions, would be paid in February.