Salaries And Renumeration Commission has made a new proposal concerning Teachers Salary. In the new proposal, the salaries for ECDE teachers will be slashed to seven thousand shillings only accross all counties.
The Kenya Union of Pre-Primary Education Teachers has protested over the controversial proposal from the SRC ordering county governors to pay Early Childhood Development and Education teachers extremely low monthly salaries.
In the SRC recommendations, the lowest ECDE teachers Teacher III (Certificate holders) are to be paid a salary of between 7,836 and 8,717 shillings, while the highest ECDE teacher (Senior ECDE Teacher I (Diploma) should receive a monthly salary of 15,224 shillings on the Lower side and 19,090 shillings as maximum as quoted by The Nation.
While speaking to the media on Sunday, Lawrence Otunga KUNOPPET chairman said that they will not allow nursery teachers to be despised and humiliated through earning low salaries and should be treated fairly as other public servants.
Otunga vowed to fight for the revision of the salary recommendation until when a reasonable decision is met.
The chair said the decision by SRC to slash the salary for ECDE teachers is humiliating. Is seven thousand enough salary for a teacher? How will a teacher pay house rent and pay school fees for their children? He posed. He added that teachers also has their personal needs and families to take care of.
Otunga has urged the ECDE to reject the recommendations to Governors from SRC saying that nursery teachers will not be despised and we are here to fight for their rights no matter what it takes.
Chairman Otunga further censured Governors against implementing the SRC orders, reiterating that the recommended pay cannot support any individual given the current economical hurdles.
Some governors have already sent notifications indicating that they have started to implement the SRC orders. Otunga says they shall not allow any county to pay its ECDE teachers the seven thousand shillings.
