Confirmed pay day for BOM Teachers and Schools’ Support Staff It is now confirmed and Crystal clear that teachers employed…
Month: July 2020
“On this anniversary of my colleague, Musando, could you take this case up in the public’s interest? As I have said in the past, I am ready to testify,” she asked Havi on Twitter.
Learning will take place in social halls, under trees, and other community spaces with teachers currently on TSC payroll leading the lessons. Community leaders such as chiefs and nyumba Kumi will coordinate the program and find teachers.
The latest details reaching our media team indicate that teachers will now start offering community service lessons to learners amid pandemic
CS Magoha has announced the official reopening dates for universities. Speaking today during a press briefing, the CS said all universities will resume face to face learning in January 2021.
COTU has since written to the Labour Secretary Simon Chelugui requesting him to convene a meeting to address the discriminatory promotions and salary increments’ criteria being used by the Teachers Service Commission, TSC.
Worth noting is the fact that teachers who receive administrative warnings or face disciplinary cases will have their promotions delayed or they may not get promoted at all if they engage in gross misconduct since they are considered unreliable and irresponsible.
TSC Head of Communications, Ms. Beatrice Wababu has confirmed that indeed 32, 556 teachers did not receive any promotions or salary rise since they still do fall under the old schemes of service being championed by KNUT.
He died at the age of 56 on Monday, July 27, 2020, while receiving treatment at the Mater Hospital after developing pneumonia-related complications.
The National Health Insurance Fund, NHIF has given a clear position in as far as medical insurance for Covid-19 patients is concerned.
He leaves behind a legacy having served the Commission during turbulent times. Teachers have been taken aback by this latest development given that he just exited service giving the baton to Ms. Beatruce Wababu.
The Teachers Service Commission has reviewed its guidelines on the process of transferring teachers from one working station to the other.
The much anticipated July 2020 pay rise has been effected by the Teachers Service Commission. However, not all tutors will be smiling all the way to the bank as dreamers put it. Most teachers still have nothing to smile about.
Unlike KUPPET, KNUT has never held any fruitful meeting with the teachers’ employer. Most of the engagements have culminated in court battles that leave the union dented.
Kenya is currently anticipating a huge drop in education funding once learning resumes in January since donor support will shrink as a result of the economic recession propagated by the covid- 19 pandemic.
The current TSC grading system of teachers paved the way for the scrapping of some job groups and amalgamation of others.
Pursuant to Section 20 of the TSC Act, the Commission has directed that the appointment and deployment of institutional administrators be decentralized and coordinated by regional directors.