OPINION The Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) undertook the first-ever job evaluation exercise in 2012 that evaluated State officers and independent offices as defined in the Constitution (2010). The commission later conducted a similar exercise for public officers in 2016 in which jobs in the teaching service were evaluated. The applicable grading and salary structures arising from the exercise were subsequently communicated and implemented by public sector institutions, including TSC. It was at this juncture that the public noticed jobs in the teaching service had been poorly assessed leading to poor grading that affected the salary structures for teachers. At least 90,000 teachers in Job Group “G” were graded under band “B” that categorises officers with low-level supervisory skills (semi-skilled operational staff) such as interns, carpenters, fitters, drivers, artisans and cooks, just to name a few.