KUPPET's Embu County officials have cited significant challenges with teachers’ health insurance coverage, saying it has prevented most of them from receiving necessary treatment.
Kuppet deputy secretary general Moses Thurima explained said TSC's action also breached the Return-to-Work Formula (RTWF) negotiated by the union to resolve the three-week teachers' strike.
According to KUPPET, the JSS teachers were not part of a trade union and thus could not form a Collective Bargaining Agreement.
However, JSS group’s spokesperson Omari Omari said the JSS teachers' group prefers to start their union.
The plea arises amidst the refusal of Junior Secondary School (JSS) intern teachers to return to classrooms even as schools commence for the second term.
KUPPET Secretary General Akelo Misori highlighted the constitutional implications of such a policy change vowing to fight it until it is defeated.
SG Misori said the escalating situation has led to a significant number of educators requesting transfers.
Secretary-General Akelo Misori wants the Treasury ministry to act promptly to protect pensioners’ hard-earned savings
KUPPET National Chairman, Omboko Milemba, disclosed that a decision was made to employ 20,000 Junior Secondary School (JSS) teachers and promote over 30,000 others, starting June this year.
Misori claimed that despite being asked to present surveys to support their claims, the MPs had yet to take any appropriate action.
The union has now demanded accountability and transparency from the TSC, failure to which they will initiate a nationwide strike.
The Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers had given the government seven days to release all the capitation funds owned to public schools.
KUPPET Secretary General Akelo Misori said the government has seven days to release the funds estimated to be a total of Sh54 billion, failure to which school operations will stall.
The government allocates Sh22,244 per learner annually under the free day secondary school program that is released in tranches.
The High Court temporarily suspended the government’s directive for national schools to pay school fees through the eCitizen platform.
Kuppet warned primary schools are struggling to support Junior Secondary School due to poor resources and any upgrade on the facilities will affect the current cohort as they miss out on quality education.