Kuppet Discusses JSS’s Destiny Following Decision on Intern Teachers.
The Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (Kuppet) representatives have expressed concerns about the future of the current Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) in light of the court judgment that deemed it unlawful to engage junior school interns.
Following the court ruling, Kuppet administrators have stated that junior secondary school is in a state of uncertainty. This could imply that students will no longer have their designated teachers.
In response, KUPPET has now requested that the TSC refrain from appealing the Employment and Labour Relations Court’s (ELCR) ruling in court.
Rather, the union has now requested that TSC grant teachers who are now employed as interns under contract permanent, pensionable terms.
Speaking on Thursday at the Kuppet offices in Nairobi, the Secretary-General of KUPPET stated that the TSC should not appeal the ruling but rather use equitable and lawful methods to close the gap in the teaching profession.
Judge Bryrum Ongaya declared in his verdict on Wednesday that the TSC had infringed upon the intern teachers’ access to the current fair labor practices because the teachers being brought on as interns are qualified and hold teaching licenses.
The commission hired registered instructors on discriminatory terms, according to the court, with the primary intention of ensuring that public schools have the right number of employees.
In addition to playing partisanship and ignoring its mission as an independent state body to hire teachers as interns, KUPPET secretary Misori accused TSC of losing its independence and took additional actions.
Misori urged TSC to work with the Parliament to raise additional funding in order to address the impending problems facing the education sector.
The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT), which concurs, hailed the court decision as a win for student teachers.
Kuppet Discusses JSS’s Destiny Following Decision on Intern Teachers.
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