The Kenya National Union of Teachers KNUT has opposed the new TSC Amendment Bill 2024 , saying that it will not attend planned meeting by TSC with the Union.
The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has already notified the teachers Union over a meeting slated for Wednesday at the Kenya School of Government.
As per to the TSC, there was to be a stakeholder engagement forum on the TSC Act Amendment Bill for 2024
According to the Knut secretary general Collins Oyuu , TSC had already avoided their their input in the draft from the earlier stages.
He KNUT secretary general indicated on Tuesday that the TSC Act amendment draft currently in the public domain does not serve the interests of the teachers of Kenya.
Oyuu claims that the new amendment proposes that basic education should start from primary,to junior secondary, senior secondary and to the teacher training institutions.
He further said that the draft does not clarify who is to pay for teachers’ training and capacity-building programs.
Oyuu maintained that the role of professional and capacity building should be done by the government through a professional body like the Law Society of Kenya and not TSC adding that all the costs must be met by the government.
He further opposed TSC proposal of determining the remuneration of teachers without involving unions and the advice of SRC, a concept that violates Article 230 of the Constitution.
The new bill also guarantees the Commission to discipline teachers without being bound by strict rules of evidence as per to Article 50 of the Kenya Constitution on fair hearing.
TSC
CEO Nancy Macharia during the training of Master Trainers for Competence-Based Curriculum for Junior Secondary Schools in Kenya at Kenya Institute of Special Education in Nairobi on April 26th 2022;Image/Courtesy
Oyuu further condemned TSC for being silent on teachers’ pensions which have been facing delay greatly.
He added that some teachers even die before receiving their pensions something that is much disturbing.
