The representatives of Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (Kuppet) have raised fears over the fate current Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) following the court order on declaring employment of junior school intern as illegal.
Upon receiving the news , Kuppet officials have indicated that junior secondary school is in limbo following court decision which could mean that the learners no longer have their specific teachers.
Responding to this matter , KUPPET has now urged the TSC not go head to appeal court to oppose the Employment and Labour Relations Court (ELCR) judgment.
Instead the union has now asked TSC to convert teachers currently serving under contract as interns to permanent and pensionable terms.
KUPPET Secretary-General speaking at the Kuppet headquarters in Nairobi on Thursday said that TSC should not to appeal the judgement but to work with legal and just means to bridge the deficit in teaching profession.
Releasing his ruling on Wednesday,Justice Bryrum Ongaya said that TSC had l violated the intern teachers’ right to the current fair labour practice since teachers currently taken as interns are qualified and possess teaching licenses.
The court indicated that the commission had employed registered teachers upon terms that are discriminatory with a maim aim of meeting the optimal staffing needs in public schools.
KUPPET secretary Misori, accused TSC of losing its independence and followed other tracks on playing partisan and neglecting its mandate as an independent state agency to employ teachers as intern.

The Kwale JSS intern teachers protest along the Mombasa-Lunga-Lunga highway during past demonstrations ;Image/courtesy
Misori challenged TSC to collaborate with the Parliament so as to seek more funds in order to resolve the looming challenges in the education sector.
Supporting this, Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) too welcomed the court ruling saying it is a victory for intern teachers.