Counties where JSS teachers have vowed to boycott work
Junior Secondary School intern teachers have vowed to down their tools ahead of school reopening dates set for next week unless the Teachers Service Commission confirms them on permanent and pensionable terms.
The Counties where JSS teachers have vowed to boycott work includes Elgeyo Marakwet, Nyamira, Bomet among others.
Elgeyo Marakwet team led by Ann Kirui, dismissed the seventeen thousand shillings salary as peanuts, saying the amount is too little considering the cost of living and the work they do.
Speaking in Iten town, the JSS teachers faulted the announcement that they will be confirmed in 2025, saying they are experienced and should not wait that long.
Counties where JSS teachers have vowed to boycott work
Ann said that they demand that they be confirmed on permanent and pensionable terms after serving as interns for one year. As JSS teachers, we want to tell the government that unless this is done, we will not go to work, she added.
They said unless TSC shelves plan to keep them on contract for another year and give them permanent terms, all JSS teachers in the region will go on strike.
Emmy Kurgat claimed confirmations were going on secretly, adding that it was unfair to confirm recently graduated individuals, leaving out those who had been out for many years.
“We have information that employment on permanent terms is going on secretly. How could you employ an individual who graduated recently and leave out a teacher who graduated many years ago? This is so shameful and inhuman,” noted Kurgat.
The tutors now want President William Ruto to reconsider the matter, arguing that permanent employment will boost their morale and enable them work well.
TSC sealed the fate of the teachers, who have served for one year, when it announced that they will be confirmed on permanent terms in 2025.
Counties where JSS teachers have vowed to boycott work
