TSC Salaries Teachers In New Demands, Among Them Pay Deal Signed Last Year Negotiated Afresh
TSC Salaries 2022-2023: Teachers in new demands, among them pay deal signed last year negotiated afresh
In Summary: KUPPET, KNUT and KUSNET swallowed a bait last year after signing a non-monetary Collective bargaining agreement CBA 2021-2025 unconditionally. In what seems to be a change of tune, the unions are now drumming for war demanding for a review of the CBA. Get all the latest TSC and Education Breaking News Today Here.
Teachers want the salary deal signed last year without monetary benefit to be renegotiated.
They also want the Sh6,000 fees to be paid towards continuous development training, known as Teacher Professional Development (TPD), to be paid up by the government.
Tutors also want the government to have Junior Secondary Schools domiciled in primary schools arguing that having them in high schools could fan chaos in the already congested institutions.
These are some of the top demands Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) and the Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (Kuppet) have put forth as schools open.
In its demands, Knut argues that even though continuous pieces of training in any profession sharpen the skills of workers and place them in an advantaged position, the cost must be shouldered by the employer.
“We are keen on ensuring that the employer foots the bills for trainings either fully or cost shares with the teachers. These skills are designed to benefit the employer as much as they will benefit the employee,” said the union’s secretary General Collins Oyuu.
Further, the union also wants the age group to attend the pieces of training to be reviewed. Oyuu termed the period of completing the entire training of 30 years as quite long, adding that this might not make any meaning to teachers who are 55 years and above.
Teachers are expected to part with Sh6,000 per chapter every year. Each teacher is expected to take six modules, and each module is taken after five years. And one module is organised in yearly chapters.