TEACHERS SERVICE COMMISSION

TO: ALL TEACHERS

TERMINAL BENEFITS ON RESIGNATION OR DISMISSAL FROM SERVICE

In the 2025-2029 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) between the Commission and Teachers’ Unions, it was agreed that teachers who exit service through resignation or dismissal will be entitled to their terminal benefits.

Consequently, all teachers who exit service on account of dismissal or resignation from service are eligible for payment of terminal benefits.

Please note that the policy directive is applicable to teachers who exited service after 6th April, 2018.

To this end, teachers who exited service from 6 th April, 2018 onwards, through either dismissal or resignation, are required to contact the nearest TSC County or Sub-County Office for guidance on the required documentation to enable the Commission process their claims for purposes of payment of their terminal benefits by the National Treasury.

The affected teachers or their beneficiaries are required to submit the documents through their respective TSC Sub-County Directors.

The Sub-County Directors will verify the documents to ascertain accuracy and completeness before forwarding to the County Directors for onward submission to the Head Office.

The primary documents required to facilitate the processing of the terminal benefits are:-

a) In case of Teachers;-

b) In case of a beneficiary;-