Intern Teachers Confirmation Updates. After serving for two years, Junior Secondary School (JSS) intern instructors would be guaranteed permanent employment, according to President William Ruto.
According to Ruto, the government now requires intern teachers to work for two years prior to being hired on a permanent and pensionable (pnp) basis.
The President stated that the JSS intern instructors should be patient and go through the process while speaking on Sunday at a media roundtable at the State House.
Intern Teachers Confirmation Updates
“In January, the JSS intern teachers will report to work. We had pledged that students would have to complete a two-year internship before being hired on a permanent and pensionable basis in every field,” he stated.
The President declared that after two years, hiring JSS intern instructors will be given priority.
He said the government is also conducting the internship process in other sectors.
“We have just gotten a cohort of interns at the Public Service Commission because internship is part of the learning and job process,” he said.
The President said that come January, the JSS intern teachers will proceed with their internships and get employment thereafter.
The JSS intern teachers have lamented that they have worked for a year without proper employment terms despite the huge workload they experience in such institutions.
Teacher Service Commission hired the JSS intern teachers on a one-year contract basis last year. The teachers are currently renewing their contract for another year.
They have been teaching in JSS institutions, which are currently domiciled in primary schools across the country.
JSS intern teachers from various counties have been threatening to boycott work if they are not confirmed by January.
The Kenya National Union of Teachers opposed the extension of contracts for intern teachers, saying they should now be put on permanent and pensionable terms.
Knut Secretary General Collins Oyuu said, “We sat with TSC and signed a Memorandum of Understanding that says the teachers have been accepted as interns.”
“We suggested a one-year term, but we’re now suggesting that the contracts may be extended. That won’t take place.
There are 46,000 instructors employed by TSC who are on internships. The Commission is now extending the internship instructors’ contracts who voluntarily apply.
Intern Teachers Confirmation Updates
The Commission stated that it does not have the funding to convert the intern teachers to PNP.