Teachers will earn raises this month as a result of the budget being approved for this year; KSh364.910 billion has been suggested to be allocated to the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) specifically for compensation increases.....CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE>>>
By the end of this month, 26,000 interns will have their permanent and pensionable (PnP) periods confirmed, provided that Parliament adopts the present education budget proposal. This, however, is questionable until parliamentary approval because of plans for large budget cuts prompted by Generation Z demonstrations.
The planned teacher promotions and the second phase of the 2021–2025 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), which includes higher basic pay and house allowances, will take effect if the National Assembly approves the 2024–2025 Financial Year (FY) budget projections.
These changes take place in the wake of an Employment and Labour Relations Court (ELRC) verdict that deemed internships illegal, which has led to interruptions in the curriculum at Junior Secondary Schools (JSS) around the nation due to protests by intern instructors demanding employment on PnP terms.
Speaking before the National Assembly Budget and Appropriations Committee, chaired by Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro, Education Committee chairperson and Tinderet MP Julius Melly stated that TSC will convert the employment terms of 26,000 intern teachers to permanent and pensionable in July, costing Ksh8.3 billion, rather than in January 2025 as initially planned.
However, it remains unclear whether the remaining 20,000 interns, recruited mid-last year, will be confirmed through a supplementary budget in January 2025 or wait for the 2025/2026 budget cycle.
The government will spend 1 billion shillings on teacher promotions, 13 billion shillings on the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) implementation, and 4.68 billion shillings on recruiting an additional 20,000 interns.
Other allocations include 200 million shillings for the Secondary Education Quality Improvement Project (SEQIP), 204 million shillings for the Kenya Primary Education Equity in Learning Programme (KPEELP) Project, and 1.3 billion shillings for retooling Junior School teachers on CBC and Competency-Based Assessment (CBA). SEQIP will end in December this year…CONTINUE READING>>
