Eight in every 10 Board of Management teachers goes home with less than Sh10,000 at the end of the month, a report has revealed.
The finding came during the launch of a report titled, “The Foundational Literacy and Numeracy Assessment (FLANA) Report 2023" on Thursday at KICD in Nairobi.
The report also showed that two in every BOM teacher earns between Sh10,000 and Sh20,000 at the end of the month.
One in 100 BOM teachers earns between Sh20,000 and Sh30,000 monthly.
Additionally, the report showed that sources of funds for payment of BOM teachers mostly come from parents of the schools.
Usawa Agenda Executive Director Emmanuel Manyasa said the payment a tutor receives speaks on their motivation to teach learners.
Manyasa said most schools are facing the challenge of sourcing funds to pay the BOM teachers, who are critical to ensuring the delivery of quality education.
“The government should consider factoring in money for BoM teachers because parents are not always able to. The source from which the BoM teachers are paid comes from parents nationally,” Manyasa said.
The report showed that Sh67 in Sh100 paid to BOM teachers comes from parents.
Sh70 in Sh100 paid to BOM teachers in rural areas come from parents.
"Sh60 in Sh100 paid to BOM teachers in urban areas come from parents," the report read in part.
Interestingly, only Sh6.7 in Sh100 paid to BOM teachers comes from government capitation.
The FLANA report also showed that Sh7 in Sh100 paid to BOM teachers in rural areas comes from government capitation.
Government capitation only contributes to Sh6.2 in Sh100 paid to BOM teachers in urban areas.
The reports come after Usawa Agenda between June and July 2023 visited 1,953 villages spread across all counties and interviewed 38,634 household heads reaching 59,201 children.
Usawa Agenda also visited 1,813 primary schools - both public and private and engaged with learners to find out if they were truly learning.
Further, the report showed that regions with few teachers on Permanent and Pensionable terms have more learners staying out of school than those with more permanent teachers.
Manyasa said regions like Wajir with few teachers on permanent and pensionable terms have the highest number of learners out of school.
The report showed Wajir County has the lowest percentage of P and P teachers constituting 63 in 100 of their teachers.
Kirinyaga County has the highest percentage of P and P teachers constituting 93 in 100 of their teachers.
Additionally, the report showed the percentage of school-aged children, aged six to 15 years in Kenya who are out of school has increased from 7.5 per cent in 2021 to 8.5 per cent in 2023.
Seven counties with the largest percentage of out-of-school children are all in the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASAL) region with Mandera County leading.