KNUT Fighting for 56000 Intern Teacher Confirmation
KNUT Fighting for 56000 Intern Teacher Confirmation
The government is being urged by the Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) to augment capitation funding for primary and secondary education. Knut challenges the presidential working party’s suggested amount of Sh2,237 by proposing an increase in the capitation for Free Primary Education from Sh1,420 to Sh4,000. The union also supports raising the capitation rates for senior high school (from Sh22,244 to Sh35,000.) and junior secondary school (from Sh15,547 to Sh22,000).
Knut expresses optimism about the launch of Junior School within a year and urges the government to allocate approximately Sh5,000 for pre-primary schools, aligning them with primary schools under the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC), similar to Junior Secondary Schools (JSS). This represents an increase from the Sh1,170 recommended by the Presidential Working Party on Education Reforms.
Knut expresses optimism about the launch of Junior School within a year and urges the government to allocate approximately Sh5,000 for pre-primary schools, aligning them with primary schools under the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC), similar to Junior Secondary Schools (JSS). This represents an increase from the Sh1,170 recommended by the Presidential Working Party on Education Reforms.
Knut rejects the notion of transferring Junior Secondary School (JSS) from primary to secondary schools as it kicks off its 63rd annual delegates meeting. Pre-primary, primary, and junior secondary school administrators should oversee the comprehensive school, according to Collins Oyuu, Secretary of Knut Union. Knut is against moving JSS, pointing out that primary school instructors are capable of teaching junior school students.
In response to criticism over the suitability of primary school teachers for junior secondary education, Knut highlights the large pool of competent teachers who possess postgraduate degrees, diplomas, and other credentials that enable them to instruct junior secondary students. The union recommends against compromising the JSS teaching abilities of the instructors and cites extensive evidence to back up the choice to put JSS under the Comprehensive School.
According to Knut, there hasn’t been any official communication about intern teachers whose contracts are about to end. The Teachers Service Commission (TSC), as revealed in November, intends to extend intern teachers’ contracts for an additional month before confirming them to permanent and pensionable terms in 2025. The union is petitioning the TSC to grant these extensions to nearly 56,000 interns.
