TSC To Recall Intern Teachers’ Show Cause Letters. On Thursday, the Kenya National Union of Teachers declared that it will assume control of the employment contract disputes pertaining to intern teachers at junior secondary schools, who are presently staging protests around the nation.
The Teachers Service Commission should recall all of the show-cause letters that the union recently handed to the JSS interns’ teachers who failed to report for duty.
According to Knut Secretary General Collins Oyuu, the instructors “to a wider extent are right.” Millions of students are impacted, according to Oyuu, by the demonstrations and standoff between the JSS interns and their company.
He said the union is ready to superintend the return to work arrangement with the employer on behalf of intern teachers.
“Intern teachers although not employed on terms which make them unionisable, they are associate members as at Article III (15) of the Knut Constitution,” Oyuu said.
He also sought that TSC develops a framework that would assist to amicably settle the dispute with interns.
As the interns’ strike enters the second week, Oyuu called on all the” demonstrating teachers to report to their work stations immediately as Knut has already taken over the case.”
He said no teacher involved in the said demonstrations should be victimised.
TSC To Recall Intern Teachers’ Show Cause Letters
The Knut boss said the union has space for interns in the union.
“We would not wish to have them discriminated in any way simply because they have not been employed on permanent and pensionable terms and do not contribute to the union,” he said.
Oyuu said the teachers are complaining that the Teachers Service Commission has failed to align their employment terms to the Code of Regulations specifically on part V.
He said teachers ought not to be employed as interns, but rather to be either on contract or on permanent, pensionable terms.
“TSC should never refer to teachers who have trained and qualified as interns,” Oyuu said.
Oyuu said he has already engaged TSC over the matter.
Oyuu asked TSC to conform to the Code of Regulations for Teachers (2015) in the recruitment and employment of teachers.
He pushed for an amicable resolution to the standoff between TSC and the interns. Oyuu also stated that the court is considering the matter.
TSC To Recall Intern Teachers’ Show Cause Letters
“Agree to hand over the matter to Knut since the union has already demonstrated the interest to help find a lasting solution,” he urged the interns, taking a humble stance.
He added that the union has long feared that TSC would eventually send the teachers show cause letters in an effort to start disciplinary proceedings against them. Oyuu said, “In fact, these teachers have already been served.”