Intern teachers Stories
From primary schools to universities, the year was punctuated by multiple strikes that disrupted learning and exposed deep-seated issues.
The application period, which closed on October 8, 2024, reveals a growing concern over the number of jobless teachers despite staffing shortages in s...
Most JSS teachers are graduates who, under the 8-4-4 curriculum, should ideally be teaching in secondary schools.
The recruitment aims to fill a total of 46,000 vacancies across various educational levels: 6,000 in primary schools, 39,550 in junior secondary schoo...
While highlighting how salary increments and other demands raised by JSS teachers had gone unmet, national spokesperson Omari Omari emphasised that it...
According to SG Akelo Misori, their contract with TSC should guarantee their automatic confirmation to permanent and pensionable terms without further...
In June 2024, the Court of Appeal halted plans to hire 46,000 intern teachers on permanent and pensionable contracts.
The government has asserted its readiness to accommodate Grade 9 students by constructing 16,000 classrooms, albeit within a five-month timeframe.
The reduction has particularly impacted the 46,000 JSS intern teachers who have been eagerly awaiting their confirmation since 2023.
The government is planning permanent and pensionable terms for all 46,000 of them and will hire 20,000 interns starting in July.
PS Kipsang emphasised that the issue falls under labour relations and will be addressed by the Ministry of Labour and the Teachers Service Commission.
Kuppet deputy secretary general Moses Thurima explained said TSC's action also breached the Return-to-Work Formula (RTWF) negotiated by the union to r...
The court issued the suspension against the Employment and Labour Relations Court's directive which had mandated the TSC to transition the intern teac...
The teachers have been fired over protests that started on May 13 as they demanded permanent and pensionable posts.
In various letters seen by The Eastleigh Voice, the TSC argues that the teachers failed to report to duty and engaged in professional misconduct.
The deployment aims to address teacher shortages and imbalances in subject combinations in junior secondary sections.
Starting July 1, 2024, the 26,000 teachers, who were initially slated to transition to permanent and pensionable terms in January 2025, will benefit f...
The plea arises amidst the refusal of Junior Secondary School (JSS) intern teachers to return to classrooms even as schools commence for the second te...
The directives come as the Junior Secondary School teachers continue to hold demonstrations vowing not to go back to class until TSC heeds their deman...
