Confirmation Of Intern Teachers To PnP . At a cost of KSh8.3 billion, 26, 000 intern teachers at primary and junior secondary schools (JSS) will be employed on permanent and pensionable conditions. This will be starting in January 2025, giving them cause for celebration.
The Teachers Service Commission has been given KSh364. 910 billion by the National Treasury to perform its duties during the 2024–2025 fiscal year.
While the draft budget estimates for Financial Year 2024/25 have an allocation of KSh364.910 billion, the approved 2024 Budget Policy Statement reveals the Commission’s allocation of KSh369.9 billion.
This shows a KSh5.033 billion decrease in ongoing expenses and a KSh33 million decrease in development expenses
This is happening in the midst of the JSS intern teachers’ ongoing protests, as they have refused to return to their classrooms even as classes start for the second term this week.
Confirmation Of Intern Teachers To PnP
Teachers want the TSC to follow the ruling of the Employment and Labour Relations Court (ELRC), which found that their right to a fair and permanent job was breached by their employment as interns rather than on a contract that offered pension benefits.
Currently, JSS teachers are employed for a one-year term; those assigned to elementary schools receive KSh15,000, while those in JSS receive KSh20,000.
In an effort to solve the teacher shortage in primary and JSS schools, TSC is budgeted KSh4.68 billion to hire an additional 20,000 interns for these institutions. As a result, TSC disclosed that it intends to invest KSh1 billion in teacher advancements.
The sum is comparable to what was spent recently, when the Commission promoted 36, 505 teachers to higher grades in accordance with the Career Progression Guidelines (CPG), the majority of them to new ranks following years of inactivity in the same job category.