Millions of Candidates At Risk of Exams’ Disruption As Teachers Issue Strike Notice
Millions of Candidates At Risk of Exams’ Disruption As Teachers Issue Strike Notice: Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) has issued a 7-day strike notice demanding the implementation of the concrete commitments made by the government to the teachers.
According to KUPPET Secretary General Akelo Misori, the four commitments include the immediate disbursement of all overdue funds for the teachers’ medical scheme.
They also want Full implementation of the 2021-2025 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) since it went through the full legal process and was duly registered at the Employment and Labour Relations Court, hence is “cast in stone and cannot be withheld or re-negotiated.”
KUPPET further demanded that all 46,000 intern teachers be employed under permanent and pensionable terms.
Additionally, The union expects the teachers to receive their confirmation letters by the end of the month and their July salaries to reflect by next week.
It called for the immediate employment of 20,000 new Junior Secondary Schools (JSS) teachers, following a recent declaration by President William.
Misori stated,”KUPPET rejects the excuses being advanced through innuendo in the media to the effect that these projects have been affected by the withdrawal of the Finance Bill 2024. The government’s goal should be the removal of wastage in its operations, not the withdrawal of benefits to workers,”
“We are dismayed by casual statements being made by government functionaries on teachers’ welfare at a time when no less a person than the President has committed to look critically into the issues affecting our youth. The Salaries and Remuneration Commission, in particular, has sunk to the lowest depths imaginable in pliantly arming the government to subjugate workers.”
He added: “Should there be no progress on the four issues within seven days, the government should be well informed that schools will not open for the third term in September.”
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