After Ruling on Intern Teachers KUPPET talks about the JSS Fate
After Ruling on Intern Teachers KUPPET talks about the JSS Fate
After Ruling on Intern Teachers KUPPET talks about the JSS Fate
The Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (Kuppet) representatives have expressed concerns about the future of the current Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) in light of the court order that deemed it unlawful to employ junior school interns.
Following the court ruling, Kuppet officials have stated that junior secondary school is in a state of uncertainty. This could imply that students will no longer have their designated teachers.
In response, KUPPET has now requested that the TSC refrain from appealing the Employment and Labour Relations Court’s (ELCR) ruling in court.
Rather, the union has now requested that TSC grant teachers who are currently employed as interns under contract permanent, pensionable terms.
KUPPET Secretary-General speaking at the Kuppet headquarters in Nairobi on Thursday said that TSC should not to appeal the judgement but to work with legal and just means to bridge the deficit in teaching profession.
Releasing his ruling on Wednesday,Justice Bryrum Ongaya said that TSC had l violated the intern teachers’ right to the current fair labour practice since teachers currently taken as interns are qualified and possess teaching licenses.
The court indicated that the commission had employed registered teachers upon terms that are discriminatory with a maim aim of meeting the optimal staffing needs in public schools.
In addition to playing partisanship and ignoring its mandate as an independent state agency to hire teachers as interns, KUPPET secretary Misori accused TSC of losing its independence and took other actions.
The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT), which concurs, hailed the court decision as a win for student teachers.
KNUT also made a statement, stating that it is critical that intern teachers receive permanent status and pensions, particularly for those who have completed an internship for an entire year and have their contracts renewed.
