TSC Sends Show-Cause Letters To Intern Teachers On Strike
The Teachers Service Commission, TSC has sent Show-Cause letters to intern teachers accusing them of deserting duties.
Teachers Service Commission show-cause letters have begun to be sent to junior secondary school intern teachers who have been demonstrating around the nation against the terms of their job contracts.
On Thursday, the letters were first distributed to the intern teachers. This comes after TSC wrote to regional directors of education last week to inquire about the quantity of student intern teachers who have been absent from class as a result of the protests.
“It is noted with a lot of concern that you breached the provisions of TSC Act Schedule Clause (b) in that you engaged in professional misconduct by being absent from duty,” the letter begins.
“In light of the aforementioned, the commission is considering ending your internship. Consequently, you are now required to provide justification for why the internship agreement with the commission should not be cancelled.”
TSC Sends Show-Cause Letters To Intern Teachers On Strike
Within 14 days, TSC requested that the interns produce a response on the subject. “Failure to which the contemplated action will be taken against you without further reference to you,” warned the Commission.
Tuesday marked the start of the second week of protests as millions of students nationwide lack teachers for the upcoming school year.
According to TSC, starting in January 2025, it intends to hire up to 26,000 JSS intern teachers on permanent, pensionable terms.
MPs were informed by the teachers’ employer that it would require Sh8.3 billion to verify the 26,000 teachers to permanent terms.
Regarding TSC’s ability to verify all 46,000 JSS intern teachers by July 1, 2024, the Commission estimated that it would require about Sh30 billion.
The TSC has been urged to recall the letters by the Kenya National Union. Collins Oyuu, Knut Secretary General, stated on Thursday that the union has long suspected that TSC would eventually send the instructors show cause letters in order to start disciplinary proceedings against them.
Many of the educators have been granted all show-cause notices that were sent to the intern teachers who were demonstrating should be recalled, according to Oyuu. The union “wants to protect the interns from being intimidated and disciplined because they didn’t know exactly what it will do,” according to the Knut boss.
TSC Sends Show-Cause Letters To Intern Teachers On Strike
Oyuu said the union has sought a sitting with the commission’s legal affairs director who signed the letters to find a return-to work formula for the teachers.
