Teachers Will Continue Their Strike Following Ineffective Conversations With TSC Officials.
Following disastrous negotiations with the government, the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) and the Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) pledged on Wednesday to carry out the scheduled teachers’ strike.
Speaking to the media, the representatives of the two unions decided to carry out the protests, which are set to begin on August 26.
Following their inability to come to a consensus with the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) about the execution of the Collective Bargain Agreement (CBA), the two unions released the statement.
The TSC proposal to merely execute a portion of the 2021–2025 Collective Bargain Agreement was rejected by the teachers union delegates during the meeting.
The instructors also brought up other urgent concerns, such as government budget increases, hiring additional teachers, and promotion.
The most recent decision was made one day after the Commission called representatives from KNUT and KUPPET to a meeting to discuss their complaints.
The meeting on Wednesday was the first to be called in an attempt to break the impasse that is predicted to paralyze education in public schools across the nation.
Less than five days have passed since President William Ruto ordered all pertinent parties to hold substantive discussions and find a way to stop the impending crisis. TSC is meeting with KUPPET and KNUT.
“Treasury, TSC, and the teaching fraternity should sit together and look at the possibility of ensuring that we implement our commitment as government,” William Ruto, the president, stated.
Not quite two weeks have passed since the teachers’ unions sent a strike notice to the teachers’ commission in an effort to resolve important difficulties that tutors face.
Collins Oyuu, secretary general of KNUT, said, “KNUT and KUPPET have today joined forces to demand the immediate resolution of the following six issues causing unrest among our members.”
“The unions demand the immediate confirmation of all current intern teachers to permanent and pensionable terms effective July 1, 2024, and the remittance of their full salaries for the month, which are now arrears,” Oyuu stated.
Teachers Will Continue Their Strike Following Ineffective Conversations With TSC Officials.
