Did you know, though, that some Kenyan schools pay their instructors over Ksh100,000 a month?
TSC employed secondary school teacher makes an average of Ksh38,000 a month, while a primary school teacher makes Ksh25,000.
As a result, many of these schools demand annual tuition of at least one million Kenyan shillings in order to provide the greatest education possible for its pupils.
Furthermore, the bulk of them follow IGCSE, a well-known British educational system that is more advanced than both KCSE and KCPE.
You must have a certain set of abilities to work as a teacher at one of these institutes, such as fluency in Chinese, French, German, or Italian.
At these schools an excellent fitness teacher or music teacher is highly valued.
One will have a better chance of finding work here if you have family in the United Kingdom, the United States, or Canada, or if you went to school in one of those countries.
It is only about 40% of the teaching staff at these institutions holds a degree from a neighboring university or has completed the Kenyan educational system successfully.
Some of these schools include
- The Aga Khan Academy, Mombasa
- Braeburn Mombasa International School
- Brookhouse School
- Hillcrest School
- International School of Kenya
- Nairobi Academy
- Oshwal Academy
- Peponi School
- Rosslyn Academy
- Andrews School, Turi
- Pembroke House
- Greensteds Schools
- Gems Cambridge International School.
Take note that regardless of whether you are a recent college graduate, if you are hired as a teacher in one of these schools, your starting pay must be at least 100,000 Kenyan Shillings.
Going by the amount of work and effort that goes into being a competent teacher in Kenya, teachers’ salaries in Kenya are sadly not anything to be proud of.