FEATURES OF HARDSHIP AREAS:
Before Classifying an area to be an hardship area, the region must meet any of these conditions:
- Lack of/unavailability or inaccessibility to food,
- Poor transport and communication networks
- Limited to basic social services and amenities,
- Persistent harsh climatic conditions like flooding, landslides and drought,
- Insecurity and high possibility of security threats.
For instance in Mandera, cases of teachers being abducted by militant groups are no longer news. In Garissa, one teacher leads a class of 197 students while in Tana River there are no classrooms.
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Below Are The Counties Featured By Tsc As Hardship Areas:
| NO. | COUNTY |
| 1. | Turkana |
| 2. | Mandera County |
| 3. | Wajir County |
| 4. | Marsabit County |
| 5. | Samburu County |
| 6. | West Pokot County |
| 7. | Tana River County |
| 8. | Narok County |
| 9. | Kwale County |
| 10. | Garissa County |
| 11. | Kilifi County |
| 12. | Taita Taveta County |
| 13. | Isiolo County |
| 14. | Lamu County |
It should be noted that some counties have been listed under hardship areas, but not all schools have been captured by the commission as hardship centres
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TEACHERS ALLOWANCES PER JOB GROUP
Due to the challenges that teachers teaching in hardship oriented areas face, The government of Kenya decided to chip in to at least compensate them on the extra cost of life hence making their stay at those areas Abit comfortable.
The table below summarizes the monthly hardship allowance rates that are paid to teachers working in hardship areas; per job group as per the 2014 review:
| S/NO | GRADE | TSC SCALE | FORMER JOB GROUP | Hardship Allowance- in Kshs per Month |
| 1 | B5 | 5 | G | 6,600 |
| 2 | C1 | 6 | H | 8,200 |
| 3 | C2 | 7 | I | 10,900 |
| 4 | C3 | 8 | J | 12,300 |
| 5 | C4 | 9 | K | 14,650 |
| 6 | C5 | 10 | L | 17,100 |
| 7 | D1 | 11 | M | 27,300 |
| 8 | D2 | 12 | N | 27,300 |
| 9 | D3 | 13 | P | 31,500 |
| 10 | D4 | 14 | Q | 31,500 |
| 11 | D5 | 15 | R | 38, |
I think the pupils shown above are from kitui county,we normally teach under trees,we release pupilt early because of thirsty.kitui she be one of hardship area.