JSS learners struggle alone as TSC, interns standoff continues
JSS learners struggle alone as TSC, interns standoff continues
JSS learners struggle alone as TSC, interns standoff continues
A portion of junior secondary school students are being forced to learn on their own due to the ongoing interns’ strike.
Some pupils stay at home, but others have reached out to anyone who will assist them.
Some pupils at lower grades are receiving private tuition from their previous teachers, according to a teacher who wished to remain anonymous. “Teachers have been focusing on strategies to maintain student attendance while allowing them to pursue independent learning,” the spokesperson stated.
Others have also been studying independently to keep up with the syllabus and prepare for the national assessment at the end of the year.
“Some of the students have been seeking help from us even at home as we sat outside the schools during the strike period,” said an intern teacher.
The majority of students in the Rift Valley and Nyanza areas have chosen to remain at home.
Joel Omino student Maurice Ochieng said that he has not yet returned to class. Because of the strike, I have been helping my mother sell arrow roots. On the weekends, I usually edit with other students,” he remarked.
Julius Macharia, the executive secretary of the Kenya Union of Post Primary Education instructors (Kuppet), stated that the instructors have been told not to work till they have a permanent job.
He stated, “This was our agreement with the government, but they have not honored it,” pointing out that the situation had an impact on more than 3000 students.
Since they will still take the same exam as everyone else in the school, what will happen to them? I apologize for the issue.
Mary Rotich and Paul Kimetto, Kuppet executives in Kericho and Bomet, warned that learning would remain paralyzed until TSC assures that it would hire at least 26,000 JSS teachers.
“We want the assurance since there is an allocation of funds for the hiring by the National Assembly’s Education Committee,” said Rotich.
The union officials demanded that TSC withdraws show-cause letters, which gave the teachers 14 days to respond. They accused TSC of harassing teachers who have dedicated nearly two years while earning a salary of Sh17,000.
The authorities insisted that the protests were lawful, pointing out that they had complied with all necessary protocols.
“The behavior is inhumane, senseless, illogical, and brutal. Despite the doctors’ 41-day strike, nothing was done to stop them. Rather, the government worked with the physicians to create a formula for returning to work. Why are JSS intern teachers receiving disparate treatment? stated Kimetto.
Police in Mombasa stopped the striking teachers’ efforts to hold protests yesterday.
The officers disregarded a copy provided by Kuppet branch executive secretary Linet Kamadi and said they were directed to end the demonstrations since the instructors had not received notification.
“We’ve made the decision to follow the police’s instructions. We’re going to write a letter and have a big protest here,” she declared.
The Kuppet officials in Busia claim that in order to make ends meet, some teachers are running boda boda businesses and others are peddling items. According to Mofatt Okisai, “some of these teachers have been using their limited resources to engage in boda boda business and hawking in order to earn a living.”
“I’ve been transporting people on my brother’s motorcycle. The likelihood that I might not return to teaching increases with the length of the strike, according to instructor Moses Wafula.
