Permanent Jobs for Intern Teachers Guaranteed Starting July 1, 2024.
Permanent Jobs for Intern Teachers Are Now Guaranteed. Starting on July 1, the 26,000 instructors selected for the JSS internship program’s initial class will work under Pand P circumstances.
According to earlier correspondence between President William Ruto and the Teachers Service Commission, the intern teachers—who have been organizing protests to call for P and P terms—should be confirmed in January.
Junior secondary school teachers can now finally exhale with relief because their employment on permanent and pensionable (P and P) conditions is assured, thanks to the action of the National Assembly.
Starting on July 1, the 26,000 instructors selected for the JSS internship program’s initial class will work under Pand P circumstances.
The Teachers Service Commission and President William Ruto previously corresponded, stating that the intern teachers planning demonstrations in favor of the P and P terms were anticipating official approval in January 2025.
Most of the people now serving have internship contracts that end in January 2025.
Money Reserved For Hiring Interns
Julius Melly, the chair of the education committee, did, however, advise the Budget and Appropriations Committee on Monday that Sh8.3 billion had been set aside for their employment.
Speaking to the budget committee, Melly said, “The Teachers Service Commission should streamline the recruitment process to ensure that resources allocated to this function are utilised fully at the beginning of the next financial year.”
“As previously indicated, the commission should convert the 26,000 intern teachers to P and P terms beginning in July 2024 and January 2025.”
The withdrawal of intern teachers’ materials and their demands for P and P periods caused a teaching paralysis in junior secondary schools across the country.
Some of them assert that they have already received show cause letters from TSC for missing work, and that the court order earlier granted in favor of the JSS interns was postponed until August 1, 2024.
On April 17, Justice Bryrum Ongaya of the Employment and Labour Relations Court found that TSC had violated the intern instructors’ entitlement to fair labor practices because they are certified and licensed teachers.
“The respondents have not exhibited statutory regulatory or policy arrangements that would entitle the first respondent (TSC) to employ interns,” Ongaya said in the verdict.
Now, Permanent Jobs Are Guaranteed For Intern Teachers
The first respondent is required by the order to hire registered teachers on nondiscriminatory terms and make every effort to meet the staffing needs of public schools.
The Teacher Internship Program was challenged by the Forum for Good Governance and Human Rights in a petition, and the Court ultimately decided to grant their request.
When the internship program started in 2019, primary teachers received Sh15,000, while secondary teachers received Sh20,000.
During their protests, the JSS interns contended that there wasn’t enough money to support their way of life.
Permanent Jobs for Intern Teachers Guaranteed Starting July 1, 2024.
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