Recruitment Of JSS Teachers. The 46 000 intern Junior Secondary School (JSS) teachers who are eligible for Permanent and Pensionable (PnP) periods face the risk of losing their jobs if the Finance Bill is rejected.
On Friday, June 28, 2024, President William Ruto instructed the National Treasury to prepare additional estimates that would reduce spending by the amount expected to be received from the Finance Bill, which he declined to sign.
The Head of State returned the Bill to the National Assembly with the intention of eliminating every clause. The ultimate result will be a Ksh346 billion reduction in spending, which will affect the departments, agencies, and ministries of the three arms of government.
Ruto consequently instructed the National Treasury to tell all Principal Secretaries in different ministries to cut the Financial Year 2024/25 budget across all operations in order to align the budget with the new Fiscal Framework.
The downsizing would affect the 46,000 JSS intern instructors who have been waiting impatiently for their confirmation since 2023.
The National Treasury’s proposed budget cuts would result in a KSh18.5 million decrease for the Teachers Service Commission (TSC).
Recruitment Of JSS Teachers
The Treasury has instructed the Commission to postpone hiring JSS intern teachers and confirming interns till PnP. A KSh8.3 billion budget cut to the state department of Higher Education and Research has an impact on other state agencies under the Education docket.
A reduction of 3.2 billion in funding for the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) will result in financial hardship for a large number of students.
Furthermore, KSh2.1 billion has been removed from the cost of differentiated units and KSh3 billion has been cut out of the budget for infrastructure projects.
A total of KSh1.6 billion has been taken out of the budget for school infrastructure, and KSh1.8 billion has been taken out of the school feeding program.
The state department of Basic Education will lose KSh3.4 billion as a result of these measures.
The state department of Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions would also receive a smaller initial budget allocation of KSh800 million. The amount lowered would affect the ongoing TTI and TVET efforts.