Unveiling a Plan for Permanent Intern Employment
Unveiling a Plan for Permanent Intern Employment
Ndindi Nyoro, the chair of the National Assembly Budget and Appropriations Committee, disclosed that the government will verify the terms of all Junior Secondary School (JSS) teachers who are currently enrolled in internship programs.
Nyoro claimed that the Teachers Service Commission had already received Ksh. 300 billion in the 2024–2025 Financial Budget to hire JSS teachers on a permanent and pensionable basis during an appearance on Citizen TV’s The Explainer Show on Tuesday night.
Nyoro was defending the next fiscal year’s budget cuts, which, as expected, resulted in a Ksh. 194.429 billion decrease in the budget for basic education.
TSC is the highest ranking Kenyan organization, having received funds of over Ksh. 300 billion.
We want to verify JSS instructors, and I want to reassure them that we would cover the costs of verifying the permanent and pensionable tenure of intern JSS teachers,” Nyoro said.
However, the MP’s opinions were disputed by IBP Country Manager Dr. Abraham Rugo, who was also present on the podium. He pointed out that the most recent budget proposal had made it clear that only 55% of the interns who are presently on strike would be hired.
According to the budget document suggestion, only 55% of the students are expected to be absorbed, with the remaining 45% to continue as interns, said Dr. Rugo. The similar question was posed by this clause in the budget plan for PS for education.
The legislator defended himself by saying that Education Principal Secretary Belio Kipsang was just asking for more funding for his department, just like any other PS would.
Last week, the JSS interns went on strike in protest, calling for long-term, pensionable employment. On Friday, the Parliament issued a warning about widespread corruption in the distribution of capitation money to Junior Secondary Schools (JSS) around the nation.
Parliament was notified by the Budget and Appropriations Committee that the money had been used to support tens of fraudulent schools at the cost of legitimate ones.