KNUT cautions TSC over issuing teacher employment letters in funerals.
KNUT Secretary for the Western region Patrick Chungani has issued a warning to the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to cease “splashing employment letters in funerals as if teachers were groundnuts to be sold in such ceremonies.” He claimed that TSC was to blame for the subpar instruction and low morale among educators.
The KNUT leader reaffirmed that hiring teachers in a selective manner and in lesser numbers will mean that many educators who should have equal possibilities for employment are not given them.
He noted, “We cannot have good performance and quality education without good staffing and enough teachers.” The head of KNUT questioned why there was a lack of employment for teachers who graduated between 2008 and 2010.
He asked why the TSC had a practice of hiring mothers who were 45 years old. When they are sixty, they retire and receive a pitiful pension.
Simultaneously, Johnston Wabuti, the Chairman of Kakamega area KUPPET, expressed his outrage, pointing out that just 800 of the 4,300 eligible teachers in the area received promotions. 3,500 instructors still had promotions due to them.
Because their promotions were also pending, this meant that the majority of the county’s institutions were operating without deputies.
On May 31, they gave a speech at St. Agnes Shibuye Girls as part of Shinyalu Constituency’s Education Day. The event, which was organized by local MP Fred Ikana, saw St. Peter’s Seminary,
Sacred Heart Mukumu Girls High, and Mukumu Girls Primary School win the most prizes for their outstanding academic achievements. Ndindi Nyoro was the main visitor.
The MP and the chief guest had earlier started construction on a storey building at St. Albert Shanjero Secondary School.
St. Agness Shibuye Girls’ Principal Electine Kisiang’ani bemoaned the lack of teachers at her school, saying that a large number of students were not contributing to the quality of instruction.
“There are more than 1300 students enrolled in the school.” Instead of 40 students in a class, there are around 70. There are just 27 teachers, compared to the 63 that we require.
To assist fix the issue, this implies that the BoM spends a larger portion of our budget on hiring 40 extra teachers, the spokesperson stated.
Simon Watenge, the principal of Shanderema Secondary School, received a trophy from guest of honor Nyoro for being the most exceptional principal.
KNUT cautions TSC over issuing teacher employment letters in funerals.
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