TSC Asked to Announce Date for 46,000 JSS Teachers permanent Employment.
The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has been tasked by Kiharu Member of Parliament Ndindi Nyoro to provide a clear timeline for when they plan to hire Junior Secondary School (JSS) interns on a permanent basis.
The National Assembly Budget and Appropriations Committee chairperson, an MP, disclosed that the government had set up Ksh18.7 billion for the project, therefore there was no justification for the confirmation process not to go more quickly.
Nyoro stated that hiring the 46,000 JSS teachers shouldn’t take any longer while he was at a form four motivational speech and prayers in Eldorai Constituency, Nandi County.
The MP has pushed TSC to stop changing the deadlines and instead give the interns precise dates so they can begin getting ready.
“Provide official communication to the JSS teachers on the date that you are going to confirm them into permanent and pensionable employment,”
“Give that official communication so that the teachers can know, and budget themselves.” the MP remarked.
One of the main concerns that served as the foundation for the recently called-off teachers’ strike was the employment status of JSS instructors.
When Julius Melly, the head of the Parliamentary Education Committee, disclosed that the government would only hire 26,000 JSS interns for permanent positions in the first phase, the teaching community was rocked.
But after KUPPET rejected the agreement, the teachers went on a six-day walkout that concluded on September 2, 2024.
Charles Ngeno, KUPPET Executive Secretary, Narok Branch, stated, “We want all 46,000 JSS interns to be confirmed into permanent and pensionable terms; they should be compensated for the period they have worked.”
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Julius Melly claims that the majority of JSS interns are despondent as a result of their underpayment, claiming that the Ksh17,000 teachers receive is insufficient.
On Wednesday, April 17 of this year, Justice Bryrum Ongaya of the Employment and Labour Relations Court decided that TSC had breached the interns’ right to fair labor practices because they are licensed teachers and are qualified.
“Ideally, the first respondent should hire registered teachers on non-discriminatory terms and to satisfy public school staffing needs as best as possible,” the ruling noted.
TSC Asked to Announce Date for 46,000 JSS Teachers permanent Employment.
