Renew your contracts or we sack you, TSC issue a stern warning to teacher interns who wants to strike.
From the information reaching our desk it outlines clearly that the Teachers Service Commission (TSC), the commission for registering and recruiting new teachers have unfavorable news for intern teachers who proclaimed to go on strike in January 2024. Follow the TSC website for more information;http://www.tsconline.go.ke
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Due to the pressure the Commission has announced to republish their job come opening schools and terminate the contracts if the intern instructors insist to go to striking.
Frequently checking from trusted sources of news indicates that the commission for employing new teachers do not have enough funds to recruit interns under permanent and pensionable terms.
Education of Junior Secondary School learners needs to be looked into for bright future
Consequently, many of the intern teachers have consented, complied, and are extending the agreement. A portion of junior secondary intern teachers, nonetheless, have sworn they will never renew.
They may be Junior’s last hope because they have vowed to not report back to work in January unless the government hires them on a permanent and pensionable basis in accordance with a previous arrangement.
Last week, President William Ruto assured JSS interns of employment once they serve for two years.
“It is now a government practice for the intern teachers to work for two years before they are employed on permanent and pensionable terms,” Ruto said at State House.
“The JSS intern teachers will be at work in January. We had promised that before being employed on permanent and pensionable terms, they must do an internship for two years.”
However, the interns have been uncomfortable with the arrangement. They said they are qualified and registered with TSC and do not understand why they are being treated as those still in college training, getting a stipend, not a salary.
Emboldened by a court order issued by Justice Byram Ongaya that TSC should not terminate their contracts over the dispute, the interns said they will not resume duty when schools reopen.
The judge ordered TSC not to terminate internship arrangements until a case filed before him is heard and determined.
Following more details as expressed in the Court by the teachers, under the banner JSS National Interim Leadership, called on TSC to abide by the agreement and the court order.
“The existing court order affects 21,500 JSS interns, and their failure to report to schools come January 8, 2024, could lead to an educational crisis,” said Mr Bornface Omari, who read a statement on their behalf.
As Education Matters News we collected our news from intern teachers who did not want to share our their identity.
“Any intern teacher who will make any renewal attempts should be sued for contempt of court, we can’t struggle moving forward while others are dragging us behind.We either succeed together or fall together, unity is our pillar and of course we will never fall, the government should know “watu si wajinga” ,” information collected by Education Matters News.
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Renew your contracts or we sack you, TSC issue a stern warning to teacher interns who wants to strike
