JSS Intern Teachers Set For Permanent Job
JSS Intern Teachers Set For Permanent Job
The National Assembly intervened to guarantee that JSS intern teachers hired in junior secondary schools in January 2023 will be absorbed on permanent and pensionable (P and P) conditions, so they can now finally breathe a sigh of relief.
The 26,000 instructors hired in the first batch of the JSS internship program will work on Pand P conditions beginning on July 1.
The Teachers Service Commission and President William Ruto previously stated that the intern teachers who have been planning demonstrations in favor of the P and P periods were anticipated to be confirmed in January 2025.
Julius Melly, the chair of the education committee, did, however, advise the Budget and Appropriations Committee on Monday that Sh8.3 billion had been set aside for their employment.
Speaking to the budget committee, Melly said, “The Teachers Service Commission should streamline the recruitment process to ensure that resources allocated to this function are utilised fully at the beginning of the next financial year.”
“As previously indicated, the commission should convert the 26,000 intern teachers to P and P terms beginning in July 2024 and January 2025.”
The withdrawal of intern teachers’ materials and their demands for P and P periods caused a teaching paralysis in junior secondary schools across the country.
Some of them assert that they have already received show cause letters from TSC for missing work, and that the court order earlier granted in favor of the JSS interns was postponed until August 1, 2024.
Because the intern instructors are qualified and hold teaching licenses, Justice Bryrum Ongaya of the Employment and Labour Relations Court concluded on April 17 that TSC had breached their right to fair labor practices.
“The respondents have not exhibited statutory regulatory or policy arrangements that would entitle the first respondent (TSC) to employ interns,” Ongaya said in the verdict.
As per the ruling, the first respondent should hire registered teachers on nondiscriminatory terms and endeavor to meet the staffing needs of public schools as much as possible.
The Forum for Good Governance and Human Rights filed a petition challenging the Teacher Internship Program, and the Court eventually decided to grant their request.
Primary teachers received Sh15,000 and secondary teachers received Sh20,000 when the internship program began in 2019.
The JSS interns argued that there wasn’t enough money to support their way of life during their demonstrations.
