Relief as TSC confirms JSS teachers will receive full salary by July 2024.
Teachers at Junior Secondary Schools (JSS) can now finally breathe a sigh of relief after the National Assembly decided to offer them permanent and pensionable tenure.
In January 2023, JSS teachers were employed as interns.
According to TSC, 26,000 teachers who participated in the first round of the JSS internship program will be hired on a permanent basis as of July 1st, 2024.
The teacher interns who advocated for the P and P periods through street rallies expected to be confirmed in January 2025.
This corresponds with the earlier communication between the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) and President William Ruto.
Many intern instructors employed by junior schools have internship contracts that end in January 2025.
But in his Monday speech, Education Committee Chair Julius Melly Monday told the Budget and Appropriations Committee that Sh8.3 billion had been set up for the hiring of those teachers.
TSC confirms JSS instructors
Melly claims that in order to ensure that the resources assigned to this department are fully utilized at the beginning of the next fiscal year, TSC must hasten the employment process.
As previously stated, starting between July 2024 and January 2025, TSC intends to transition a total of 26,000 intern instructors to permanent and pensionable terms.
The intern teachers’ dramatic shift to mandating P and P periods had brought the teaching and learning processes at some junior secondary schools across the country to a complete halt.
A few intern teachers have already received show-cause letters after missing class. They assert in their remarks that the court ruling that was previously made public gives preference to JSS interns for confirmation employment before August 1.
Because the intern teachers are qualified, licensed instructors, Judge Bryrum Ongaya contends that the Employment and Labour Relations Court’s April 17, TSC ruling violates their right to a fair workplace.
Relief as TSC confirms JSS teachers will receive full salary by July 2024.
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