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Review hardship allowance for teachers, MPs say

When teachers held demonstrations over TSC's move to cut their hardship allowances. [File, Standard]

The National Assembly committee on education is seeking re-classification of hardship allowances for teachers, with proposals that it be clustered.

During a session with the committee, chaired by Vice-Chairperson Eve Obara, the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) explained that housing and hardship allowances are determined by the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC), with the TSC only mandated to implement them.

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