Junior Secondary School interns are now at loggerheads with the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) over permanent and pensionable employment terms.
The teachers who signed a one year contract with TSC that is set to end this December wants to be employed by TSC in January.
TSC on their part want the Junior Secondary school interns to renew the contract for another one year. The commision insisting that it will only employ teachers who have served as interns for two years.
Appearing before the Senate Education Committee yesterday, Macharia said that they will renew contracts of current interns in January 2024.
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She also ruled out the possibility of converting the current 46,000 intern teachers to permanent and pensionable terms saying the Commission doesn’t have the budget. Therefore the earloest intern to be absorbed will be in 2025.
“We don’t have money for employing them on permanent and pensionable basis, if we’re given the money we’ll absorb them.”
However, the Junior Secondary School interns have mantained their stand and are planning to hold peaceful demonstrations to show their displeasure.
The Nairobi County interns have written to Nairobi Region Commander Adamson Bungei informing him of the planned peaceful demos.
“We as Nairobi county JSS teachers wish to notify your office of our planned peaceful march to the TSC headquarters Upper Hill to air out our grievances. We promise to organize ourselves in a peaceful manner throughout the above stated exercise. Looking forward to a positive response from your office.”
Their Kisumu counterparts through the KUPPET Kisumu Executive Secretary Zablon Awange, also wrote to the OCPD in the county informing him of the planned protests.
“The above subject refers The Junior Secondary School Teachers (JSS) of Kisumu County intends to hold a peaceful demonstration from the Oile Park to TSC County headquarters at prosperity house, eventually handing over a petition to the TSC Regional Director.”
The stand-off between the two institutions keep on as each side hold thwir ground.