MPs Ask on the TSC Investigate the 46,000 JSS Intern Teachers’ Confirmation.
To discuss the hiring of 46,000 junior secondary school interns, the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) and the National Assembly Education Committee are set to meet tomorrow.
The TSC will also provide the committee with an update on the state of teacher promotions for educators in their 40s and 50s.
This conference is in response to a recent Court of Appeal ruling that put a temporary stop to plans to grant these interns permanent positions with pension benefits.
The Employment and Labour Relations Court (ELRC) had previously ordered the TSC to make the internships permanent. Justices Asike Makhandia, Sankale Ole Kantai, and Ngenye Macharia postponed that order.
Consequently, the interns will stay in their existing positions until the commission chaired by Nancy Macharia’s case is settled.
Since the money needed to turn the internships into permanent posts was not in their budget, the TSC claimed that the ELRC’s directive had interfered with their preparations.
Attorney Allan Sitima of the TSC emphasized that the inability to pay for the 46,000 interns on a permanent basis could potentially violate the rights of public school children under Articles 43 and 53 of the Constitution.
For this conversion, the TSC will need to come up with a hefty Sh3.2 billion cash deficit. There is a significant funding shortfall since the TSC predicted that Sh16.6 billion would be needed, despite the government allocating Sh13.4 billion.
After months of conflict, which included a strike, layoffs, and ongoing legal problems between the interns and the TSC, this allocation has been made.
Treasury Cabinet Secretary Njuguna Ndung’u suggested Sh13.4 billion for this use at the 2024–25 budget presentation. Nevertheless, this sum does not cover all of the TSC’s budgetary needs.
MPs Ask on the TSC Investigate the 46,000 JSS Intern Teachers’ Confirmation.
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