TSC To Now Recruit Interns On Permanent Terms. Kenya’s junior secondary school (JSS) intern teachers will have job security since, starting in January 2025, 26,000 of them will be engaged on a permanent and pensionable basis.
This adjustment will cost KSh 8.3 billion. The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) will be able to continue operations thanks to a KSh 364.910 billion grant from the National Treasury for the Financial Year 2024–2025.
The 2024 Budget Policy Statement initially allowed KSh 369.9 billion for the TSC; however, the provisional budget estimates for 2024–2025 show a slight decrease to KSh 364.910 billion.
This shows a KSh 33 million decrease in development spending and a KSh 5.033 billion decrease in recurring spending.
This funding announcement coincides with JSS intern teachers’ ongoing demonstrations, during which they are calling for permanent employment as a result of an Employment and Labour Relations Court decision (ELRC).
The court determined that their employment as interns, as opposed to permanent and pensionable positions, constituted a violation of their labor rights. As the second semester gets underway, the instructors have refused to go back into the classroom.
At the moment, intern teachers in JSS are paid KSh 20,000 in JSS and KSh 15,000 in primary schools for their one-year contracts. TSC intends to allocate KSh 4.68 billion for the recruitment of an additional 20,000 interns in primary and JSS schools in order to overcome the teacher shortage.
TSC To Now Recruit Interns On Permanent Terms
Additionally, TSC has stated that it plans to provide KSh 1 billion to teacher advancement. 36,505 teachers were recently promoted to higher grades in accordance with the Career Progression Guidelines (CPG), and this number is comparable with current spending.
These advancements raised the morale and enhanced the career possibilities of teachers who had spent years in the same work group.
All things considered, the budgeted amounts and scheduled hirings show the government’s dedication to bolstering the education sector by addressing teacher shortages and improving working conditions for educators.