TSC-Hired JSS Teachers Warn of Strike, Demand Confirmation of Permanent, Pensionable Status
If TSC does not provide better terms, JSS teachers may put down their tools.
Teachers Service Commission (TSC)-hired Junior Secondary School (JSS) teachers have threatened to stop working in January 2024.
On Wednesday, teachers from Homa Bay County staged a demonstration in which they threatened to stop working if the government failed to confirm their permanent, pensionable employment.
The government, through TSC, recruited the teachers on a contract basis last year. TSC has employed them as teachers in JSS institutions currently located in primary schools nationwide. The commission had assured them of a transition to a permanent and pensionable basis.
ALSO READ:
- KUPPET Wants Govt to Incorporate JSS in Secondary Schools and Absorb Teachers on Internships
- KUPPET Calls for JSS Placement in Secondary Schools
- KNUT Protests TSC’s Move to Shift JSS Teachers to KUPPET Membership
- Push for Primary and JSS Bursaries Gains Momentum in Parliament
The teachers, speaking to the press in the city of Homa-Bay, demanded that the government transfer them to senior high schools and confirm their employment conditions.
According to them, they have labored for a year at JSS without adequate employment conditions, notwithstanding the enormous burden that is typical at such establishments.
Teachers affiliated with the Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) had previously expressed concerns regarding their excessive workload and assigned responsibilities at their respective primary institutions.
“In some schools, the JSS teachers are compelled to teach primary school classes and subjects that they have not been trained to teach,” Siaya County Executive Secretary Sam Opondo said.
ALSO READ:
- KUPPET Raises Concerns Over JSS Teacher Assignments in Primary Schools
- JSS Teachers Overworked and Understaffed: Forced into Primary Lessons — KUPPET
- Why Teachers Rejects TSC Deployment to JSS
- KUPPET Calls for Immediate Payment of JSS Teachers After Retooling Exercise
TSC-Hired JSS Teachers Warn of Strike, Demand Confirmation of Permanent, Pensionable Status
