KUPPET Criticize Govt’s Heavy Reliance on Intern Teachers for CBC Implementation
The Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) has criticized the government for relying largely on intern teachers to adopt the Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) at the junior secondary level.
KUPPET’s Secretary General Mr. Akelo Misori criticizes Parliament for failing to plan for and provide adequate teachers for the large transition from primary to junior secondary school.
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“It is Parliament which has failed in its work to look at this matter with a lot of interest because they are responsible for appropriating money that Treasury releases to the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to employ more teachers,” Misori said in a statement.
The unionĀ also claims widespread discord and discontent among young educators as a result of low pay.
Junior secondary school intern teachers are threatening to strike in January unless TSC gives them permanent and pensionable jobs.
The JSS teachers also regarded their Sh17,000 compensation as a pittance. They say that the sum is “pocket change” for their permanent coworkers.
Furthermore, the intern teachers argue that the Teacher Service Commission was unfairly remunerating them as interns, despite the fact that interns in other government departments receive up to Sh30,000 per month.
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JSS intern teachers have been protesting TSC’s plans to renew their contracts rather than give them permanent jobs.
KUPPET, actively participating in the protests, alleges that due to the impending expiration of intern teachers’ contracts on December 31, the TSC is compelled to grant them permanent positions.
The union advocates for the relocation of Junior Secondary Schools from primary to secondary institutions.
KUPPET Criticize Govt’s Heavy Reliance on Intern Teachers for CBC Implementation