Category Of TSC Teachers To Be Transferred To Special Schools. KUSNET and TSC have come to an agreement for the transfer of 6,000 normal school teachers to SNE.
Under the terms of their agreement, 6,000 Special Needs Education (SNE) teachers who asked to transfer from conventional schools to SNE institutions will have their requests fulfilled.
The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) and the Kenya Union of Special Needs Education Teachers (KUSNET) will make it possible.
A conference was held in Naivasha on April 8, 2024, between KUSNET and TSC. TSC decided to relocate the teachers in three stages, starting in May 2024.
1,800 instructors will be deployed in the first phase by May 2024. 2,000 teachers will be deployed in the second phase by December 2024. This is according to KUSNET Secretary General James Torome.
All 2,200 instructors in the third phase will begin getting an additional special allowance to their monthly compensation by July 2025.
Furthermore, there are original designations of 347 teachers. They were formerly enrolled in special needs institutions and then transferred to ordinary schools. They will now be restored.
Additionally, when this specific group of instructors transferred to regular schools, they kept receiving special allowances. Torome reassured them, nevertheless, that there would be no additional fee and that they would still receive their allowances.
Category Of TSC Teachers To Be Transferred To Special Schools
In addition to that, Torome went on to suggest that special unit teachers in conventional schools would no longer have to teach or take on other duties in order to give their whole attention to the special units.
TSC made the decision to deal with SNE teachers by creating a SNE section at headquarters, which will be staffed by experts in SNE.
Torome encouraged those with SNE certificates who are still employed in ordinary schools to seek for redeployment and asked SNE teachers to do their duties appropriately and with dedication to SNE.
The People Living with Disability Act requires teachers with disabilities to recertify their qualifications every five years. The union has committed to working with Parliament to change this law.