No Promotion For Acting School Administrators
Promotion for some teachers who were acting administrators was put on hold. Promotional opportunities will no longer be available to certain teachers who have temporarily held administrative posts.
The teachers had hoped to simply receive confirmation of their acting roles, but that hasn’t happened. Members of the Kenya Union of Post Primary Teachers, or KUPPET, make up the majority of these Teachers.
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Due to the recently adopted professional advancement standards, it is currently challenging for classroom instructors to advance. The regulations seem to favor administrative staff the most. This is the situation, according to Mr. Omboko Milemba, national head of KUPPET.
The outspoken chairman admitted that the commission owes the aforementioned instructors a total of 1 billion shillings. Teachers also feel that since their current agreements are preventing their careers from progressing, they should talk about their remuneration and salary arrangements.
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The money owing for services that were provided but never paid for was acknowledged by Mr. Milemba. He asserted that the committee is carefully gathering information to ascertain the actual sum owed to the affected teachers.
He sharply criticized the commission, asserting that it was just abusing the teachers’ labor rights by exploiting them.
Many TSC Teachers who simultaneously have administrative positions are not given promotions.
The congressman made it clear that he is conducting in-depth research to ascertain the numbers. He asserted that it is extremely difficult to advance without holding an administrative position.
Mr. Milemba, the director of KUPPET, also represents the Emuhaya constituency. He asserted that the teachers with job ratings C3 and C4 are currently being affected the most. Additionally, he said that a number of vendors owed the Kenyan government a substantial bill.
There are unpaid debts totaling more than 650 billion shillings. He did say that plans were being discussed and made to look for 100 billion shillings to help with some of the costs.
Additionally, Mr. Milemba asked that the Teachers Service Commission reconsider the collective bargaining agreement for the years 2021–2025. The union has in the past proposed changes to teacher compensation that would be fair to all instructors. The highest-paid D5 job category employees, who are teachers, would receive a wage raise to 237,376 shillings.
The Kuppet Chair proposed that instead of enrolling teachers in a medical plan, the government should allow them to choose their own. He requested authorization to insure instructors under the National Hospital Insurance Fund. He asserted that instructors dislike the Aon Minet medical plan. The NHIF, a public health insurance scheme, is being opposed by a private medical plan.
No Promotion For Acting School Administrators
