Windfall for 3,000 acting school heads as TSC announces stipend

Headteachers lend their ears during the Kenya Primary Schools Head Teachers Association[KEPSHA] annual General meeting and conference at Sheikh Zayed Children and Welfare Center in Mombasa. [File, Standard]

More than 3,000 school heads who are in acting capacity will soon have a reason to smile, as the employer plans to provide compensation for their roles amid job stagnation undertones among teachers.

In a presentation to the Education Committee in parliament, the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) indicated that it has finalised negotiations with the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) and is exploring a budget line to pay such teachers a special duty allowance.

The plan will benefit some 3,359 schools running with no leadership as they lack a substantive school head, according to data by the Presidential Working Party on Education reforms.