TSC changes on PnP terms confirmed by intern teachers.
TSC updates on the confirmation of intern teachers A union demands immediate permanent employment for the 46,000 teachers undergoing internships.
The Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (Kuppet) secretary general, Akelo Misori, is also advocating for the appointment of 20,000 more intern teachers for junior secondary schools (JSS).
In the meantime, Misori has attacked the administration for cutting education spending.
The administration cited the withdrawal of Finance Bill 2024 as the reason for the decision to cut funding for the education sector.
Kuppet further requests the full implementation of the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) for the years 2021–2025 as well as the timely payment of past-due medical costs.
Misori contends that the State should immediately convert internship teachers’ contracts to permanent, pensionable ones.
As Kuppet has been pursuing this issue for more than a year, we demand that 46,000 intern instructors be immediately converted to permanent and pensionable positions, Misori stated yesterday.
Presenting before the Teachers Service Commission on Wednesday before the National Assembly Education Committee, which is chaired by Tinderet MP Julius MellyNancy Macharia, the head of the Teachers Service Commission (TSC), stated that intern teachers would have to wait longer to become government employees, attributing this to budget cuts.
However, Misori stated that he anticipates that teachers would receive their letters of confirmation by the end of the month and that the following week will see the increased pay appear in their bank accounts.
He wants JSS’s human resources to be better prepared for the 1.2 million students who will be moving to Grade 9 the following year.
Long-Term Hiring of JSS Interns
“We demand the hiring of 20,000 additional instructors for JSS immediately. According to Misori, this recruiting would still result in approximately 73,000 fewer teachers working in JSS schools.
Misori denounced the Salaries and Remuneration Commission for allegedly allowing the government to violate workers’ rights and criticized what he saw as the administration’s callous disregard for the welfare of teachers.
He demands that the CBA be implemented in its entirety, with the August 2023 addition included.
Dr. Macharia stated that the government’s austerity measures, which followed the commission’s budget being cut by Sh10.28 billion, had an impact on a number of programs, including the CBA’s pay hike for teachers.
According to Macharia, TSC will not be able to carry out the CBA’s second phase as a result of this reduction.
Teachers will receive a base pay hike of up to 9.5% under the terms of the agreement, which was signed by Kuppet, the Kenya National Union of Teachers, and the Kenya Union of Special Needs Education Teachers.
Dr. Macharia has sent out a warning, saying that breaching the agreement could lead to legal action and strikes.
She told the committee that the Treasury has been notified of the effects of the budget cuts.
The head of TSC asserts that there is not enough cash on hand to cover salaries.
Even though the arrangement only provided modest benefits, Misori claimed that TSC had to keep up its half of the bargain, pointing out that it was entirely compatible with the law and had been registered with the Employment and Labour Relations Court.
The Kuppet boss claimed that benefits are fixed and cannot be waived.
TSC changes on PnP terms confirmed by intern teachers.
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