Kuppet Push for 46,000 intern teachers to be hired permanently.
A union demands that the 46,000 teachers who are presently interning be given permanent jobs right away.
Akelo Misori, the secretary general of the Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (Kuppet), is also calling for the hiring of 20,000 additional intern teachers for junior secondary schools (JSS).
Misori, meantime, has criticized the administration for slashing funding for education. The administration attributed the decision to reduce financing for the education sector to the Finance Bill 2024’s withdrawal.
Kuppet further demands the prompt payment of the past-due medical bills and the complete execution of the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) for the years 2021–2025.
According to Misori, the State ought to change internship teachers’ contracts to permanent and pensionable ones right away.
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.
The head of the Teachers Service Commission (TSC), Nancy Macharia, stated that intern teachers would have to wait longer to join the government during her appearance on Wednesday before the National Assembly Education Committee, which is chaired by Tinderet MP Julius Melly. Macharia attributed this to budget constraints.
However, Misori stated he anticipates that teachers would see their increased pay appear in their bank accounts the next week and receive their confirmation letters by the end of the month.
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.
“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 issued a warning, stating that legal action and strikes could result from the agreement being broken. She informed the committee that the impact of the budget cuts has been communicated to the Treasury. The TSC chief claims that the money at hand is barely enough to pay salaries.
Misori insisted that TSC had to uphold its end of the deal, saying that even if the arrangement only offered meager benefits, it was fully compliant with the law and had been registered with the Employment and Labour Relations Court.
Benefits are non-negotiable and have to be honored, the Kuppet boss insisted.
Kuppet Push for 46,000 intern teachers to be hired permanently.
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