TSC Teachers’ Hardship Allowances Likely To Be Increased. The Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) believes that increased financing for teachers in disadvantaged areas should come from the national government.
Union officials claim that some instructors labor in dangerous environments with little chance of safety and that they are always terrified for their lives.
According to Knut national vice chairperson Joseph Malel Langa’t, raising the social and economic status of workers is necessary to motivate them to work in impoverished areas.
He brought up the recent teacher bandit killings in the counties of Baringo and Samburu.
Langa’t called on the government to beef up the number of National Police Reservists (NPRs) stationed at schools in high-banditry districts.
TSC Teachers’ Hardship Allowances Likely To Be Increased
For the benefit of pupils’ education, he underlined the need of designating these locations as disturbed and asked the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to provide suitable teachers.
The union representatives expressed apprehension regarding the deficient facilities at numerous educational institutions, such as the absence of staff rooms, staff quarters, water, and electricity, which forces educators and learners to depend on temporary spaces in exchange centers.
The union opposed TSC Amendment Bill 2024, claiming it was harsh and did not take the interests of teachers into consideration.
Knut officials stated that in order to improve the welfare of newly hired instructors, good programs for permanent and pensionable workers should be added.
According to Martin Sembelo, the secretary general of Knut in West Pokot, the marginalized area is severely short-staffed with educators.
Sembelo demanded more security in schools, particularly in Masol and Tikiti where the high temperatures have an impact on the job of educators.
He expressed disapproval of the government’s plan to discontinue the Edu Afya medical coverage for students, claiming that this would have a detrimental effect on vulnerable students from low-income households, many of whom had dropped out of school as a result of financial difficulties.
Sammy Borr, a Knut National Executive Council member from Rift Valley, said that TSC should be in charge of handling such information and chastised the legislative Education Committee for calling union representatives for teacher data.