The Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut)has opposed extension of contract for intern teachers,saying they should now be put on permanent and pension-able terms.

Knut Secretary General Collins Oyuu yesterday said their proposal was to have the teachers serveon contract foroneyear only.

He made the remarks while calling on the teachers to desist from holding pro-tests,saying there are organised and steadfast waysto address their issues.

“We sat with TSC and signed a Memorandum of Understanding that says the teachers have been accepted as interns.Our proposal was for one year but now saying the contracts might be renewed…That will not happen,”Oyuu stated.

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Oyuu was speaking on the sidelines of the inaugural Knut national electedwom·en leaders round-table,a precursorto the union’s 63d Annual DelegatesConference that will be held this week at Kasarani,Nairobi.

Oyuu,however,explained that the employment of teachers as interns has brought down youth unemployment,especialy in the teaching fraternity.

But the moment they were recruited as interns,the unions said there must be a definite period for which they will be interns.

“If we go by what is there legally,an in-tem is one who is nottrained and qualified and is waiting to be taken somewhere to exhibit the skills for what he/she trained for,then much later be confirmed,”he explained.

He added, “But this is a case where a teacher is trained and qualified like any interns was just to reduce the shortage but we want to say here and now,these teach-ers should be employed on permanent and It is a pathetic Sh17,000 and you are teaching in a town.”

He said Knut supports the wellbeing of teachers employed on contract and will be on the front line to ensure they are em-ployed on permanent and pensionable them to go to the streets,let us (Knut) take the frontline and they will come behind us.You do not incite them and then leave them,”Oyuu stated.
Labour movement
Oyuu further said the clamor to have teachers on permanent and pensionable even augmenting the salaries for those in permanent and pensionable terms is still on.
“What we criticise and I was very clear…This is a labour movement and we have other unions. It is wrong to incite or take advantage of ignorance of that yung teacher who is not even permanently em-ployed and then you take him out there to go and demonstrate.It is Knut that should advocate for these teachers who are sup-posed to be employed on permanent and pensionable terms,”he affirmed.
At the same time,Oyuu stated that the recommendation by the Presidential Working Party on Education Reform (PWPER),which places premium on foundational learning to avert future crisis in education, is the way-forward and should be supported by all education stakeholders.
He explained that foundational learning refers to basic literacy,numeracy and transferable skills that are the building blocks for a life of learning and these are effectively attained and imparted at primary school level.

“Knut holds that effective policies on foundational learning as proposed by PWPER should be adopted in whole without adulteration,” he said.
The Knut boss at the same time noted that most of these teachers are lapsing their contractual terms and do not know what to do or how the commission will handle their cases.
The contract of the first cohort of 20,000 JSS intern teachers is coming to an end on December 31 and another cohort of 1,000 primary school teachers is ending on April 1 next year so is the same for the other cohort of 450 secondary school teachers.
“The contract of the second cohort of 18,000 Junior Secondary School teachers is coming to an end on September 1, 2024the same applies to 2,000 teachers on the same terms in primary schools,” he said.
On promotion, Oyuu said there are discrepancies where some senior graduate teachers serving as head teachers are in D1 yet others with the same qualifications are still in C5.
This, he said, is a group of teachers with the same qualifications, same job group before they faced the interview and in new positions, performing same roles and facing the same challenges yet earning different salaries and allowances contrary to part II section 5 of the Labour Relations Act of2007.

“The affected teachers feel demotivated and unappreciated even as they continue discharging their duties.Discriminating workers in the current dispensation of work where job evaluation is the order of the day with strict adherence to job con-tent,related duties, minimum qualifications needed to perform the job,decision making level of each job,requisite accountability,impact of the job,undermines the spirit of equal pay for equal work done,”he stated.
Separately,the National Parents Association Chairman Silas Obuhatsa joined the debate,saying intern teachers have threatened to abscond duty in January if their contacts are extended.
He said these teachers are qualified who deserve better treatment and should be on the official payroll and be assured of their jobs from January.
“If they abscond from work in January, parents are going to suffer and we are seriously and negotiate with TSC to have these teachers employed on permanent and pensionable terms,”Obuhatsa said.

Teachers in Nyanza region have been asked to accord the Kenya National Union of Teachers(KNUT)Secretary General Mr. Collins Oyuu the respect he deserves.

Speaking during a consultative meeting in the region,National Executive Committee (NEC) Nyanza members,Alex Dunga and Edward Olando strongly condemned the habit by some teachers of hurling insults to Oyuu through social media and blogs, and warned them to stop.

Dunga,who is also the KNUT Siaya branch Executive Secretary, reminded the teachers that Oyuu is now a national official and not the ordinary teacher they may have known within their locality.

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Olando,who is also the KNUT Kisumu West branch Executive Secretary,cautioned the teachers against joking with the coveted Secretary General post,warning that the region may not have the privilege of holding such a position any soon after Oyuu’s exit.

He vowed to defend the Secretary-General so that he discharges his duties effectively. The union Deputy Secretary General Hesbon Otieno regretted that Oyuu’s biggest critics came from Nyanza despite the fact that he hailed from the same region.

They took the opportunity to urge young teachers in the region to join the union so that they may have strong bargaining power.

The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) Secretary-General Collins Oyuu has revealed that teachers have been shortchanged in the latest amended Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA).

His sincere remarks come barely a day after the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) and teachers’ trade unions signed an agreement to amend the 2021-2025 CBA.

Speaking during an interview with Spice FM, Oyuu maintained that what TSC is offering is not what was agreed upon however, it is the beginning of something.

“The last time teachers got a pay rise was in 2017. Now that we have gotten 10 per cent and we will start negotiations to get the 50 per cent. I told TSC yesterday that we appreciate the 10 per cent but we want to start a long battle to demand the 50 per cent,” said Oyuu.

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According to him, the 2021/2025 agreement has not yet expired therefore, there is still room for more salary increments.

In 2021, Teachers Service Commission(TSC) and Trade Unions representing teachers in the public sector signed a Collective Bargaining Agreement(CBA) covering the period between July 1, 2021, to June 30, 2025, where the parties agreed to suspend the monetary component of CBA and review the situation once the economy improved.

In the agreement, the Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (Kuppet) sought a basic salary review of between 30 and 70 per cent for its members while those from Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) demanded a 60 per cent increase for its members.

This is however not what TSC is willing to offer teachers.

According to the commission, teachers from those in a lower category will receive a salary increase of 9.5 per cent while those in higher grades will receive a 2.4 per cent salary increase.

The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) national chairman Patrick Munuhe has called on the government to implement salary increments to cushion teachers from mounting financial pressures.

Munuhe stated that in June of this year, the President had given a directive for a salary increase ranging from 7 to 10 per cent for public servants.

The raise was intended to cushion them against the burdens of various levies, notably the contentious housing levy. However, Munuhe accused the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) for their actions that have hindered implementation of the directive.

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Munuhe said that this had adversely impacted teachers’ payslips through National Social Security Fund (NSSF) deductions. He firmly called for an end to NSSF deductions.

On the matter of retirement benefits, Munuhe asserted that retired teachers should be entitled to their dues within 90 days of retirement.

He cautioned that failure to meet this timeline and ensure prompt salary payments would lead to legal action against the Teachers Service Commission (TSC).

The pressing need for a comprehensive review of the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) and teachers’ salaries was emphasised, given the soaring cost of living.

Munuhe expressed deep disappointment at the lack of progress on these issues since discussions with the TSC in 2021.

“We are not signing the CBA until these fundamental issues are resolved,” Munuhe stated, underlining teachers’ unwavering determination to secure equitable terms.

George Wanjala, the Knut Trans Nzoia branch executive secretary, made a heartfelt plea to the TSC to address staffing challenges, particularly in hardship areas such as Endebess, Chepchoina Chepsiro, Kwanza, and Saboti zones.

“We have witnessed an exodus of teachers to neighboring counties offering hardship allowances. If this matter isn’t promptly addressed, it could lead to disparities among teachers,” cautioned Wanjala.

Training of junior secondary school teachers will now end on Friday 17th March 2023 and not Sunday as it was earlier planned.

The Commission had planned the retooling of teachers who will handle grade 7 (Junior secondary) in Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) and Competency Based Assessment (CBA)to start from 13th till 19th March,2023.

The face-to-face training happening in the Teacher Training Colleges (TTCS) and select venues in the County targeted to retool headteachers for three days and teachers for six days.

However, the Commission did not factor that Saturdays and Sundays are worshipping days and many teachers are not available for training on weekends.

Protests made by the junior secondary school teachers prompted the Kenya National Union of Teachers (knut) to intervene which then made consensus with the Commission.

knut secretary general, Collins Oyuu, says Saturdays and Sundays are worshipping days and should be respected.

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We are glad to inform you that following our intervention the Commission has taken a total departure from the earlier arrangement and has communicated to all County Directors and TOTs on the same,” says Oyuu.

He adds: “The training exercise shall end on Friday 17th March 2023.This information must reach the concerned teachers as soon as possible”.

However, its not yet clear whether teachers, and trainers of trainers will be paid for the days which will now not be included for training.

Protests made by the junior secondary school teachers prompted the Kenya National Union of

Teachers (knut) to intervene which then made consensus with the Commission.

knut secretary general, Collins Oyuu, says Saturdays and Sundays are worshipping days and should be respected.

We are glad to inform you that following our intervention the Commission has taken a total departure from the earlier arrangement and has communicated to all County Directors and TOTs on the same,” says Oyuu.

He adds: “The training exercise shall end on Friday 17th March 2023.This information must reach the concerned teachers as soon as possible”.

However, its not yet clear whether teachers, and trainers of trainers will be paid for the days which will now not be included for training.

Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) has asked teachers to desist from attacking the ruling government as that was reducing their bargaining power.

This was according to a member of the National Executive Council, Alex Dunga, who noted that constant attacks directed at the Kenya Kwanza administration and some union officials were indeed reversing steps made by KNUT to push for teachers’ goodies.

Dunga noted that some of the attacks through social media were targeting the ruling government and hence likely to ruin their bargaining efforts.

“We need to give peace to the leadership at the national level so as to negotiate on our behalf.”

He revealed that the NSIS is gathering postings by teachers on social media with regard to the delayed salary increase as that would thwart our efforts to fight for teachers’ interests.

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“The persons sponsoring and executing the attacks on social media to disparage the union officials or ruling government are advised to desist forthwith.”

“Never castigate a leader whom you expect to negotiate for you before the government, you will be sending negative signals and that will affect the whole teaching fraternity,” Dunga said.

Adding;

“Let’s give the national office time and space. We have come from a bad time and it’s only dialoguing that would help us get what we want. It is so unfortunate that low pay slips owned by our teachers had made it difficult to contribute even Ksh200 for benevolence and yet every strategy made to push for salary increment was being fought by some of them in the social media.”

Speaking during the 44th annual general meeting of Taraji Sacco in Siaya town, Dunga noted that as a Union, they have a task to see to it that teachers get good salaries.

“In the year 2022–2026, we had negotiated for a non-monetary CBA with SRC because of the conditions then but we left a clause that will revisit the agreement once the economy improves. In October last year, we met TSC leadership and tabled a proposal of a 60 per cent pay rise across the board.”

The TSC reviewed the proposal and made another proposal of Ksh59 billion to the parliamentary Education Committee to be factored in the salary of teachers.

“Before the end of the current CBA, each teacher will have a salary increase and that will see Sacco, BBF contributions enhanced.”

He at the same time appealed to Kenyans to stop fighting the Junior Secondary School policy and instead embrace it at the primary schools.

“We as KNUT made a request to the select Education committee that went around to seek the views of Education stakeholders that they temporarily host the students in their respective primary schools.

“As the government was putting two streams in selected schools to host the JSS, we learnt that classes that were hosting class sevens and the exiting class eights were remaining vacant and advised them to consider hosting the students in their schools.”

Adding;

“We also learnt that parents would be overburdened by fee payment to students learning in boarding institutions for six years and hosting them in the primary will also give chance to our graduates who have never been promoted whole through to teach them so as to go with pay increment.

“10,000 teachers have been promoted as we speak today and we are asking TSC to employ P1 teachers to take the place of our colleagues who have been taken to JSS.”

He says this will give a chance for primary school teachers with P1 certificates to be employed. If you look at the ratio of employment from last week, Secondary schools were much more than the primary level.

Dunga insisted that the TSC must also consider promoting the teachers who had developed their careers despite obtaining grade C in the KCSE.

“These people who did Exams and got C that you (TSC) don’t want to promote, had developed their career through Diploma and hence deserve to teach in secondary school.”

‘We have 300,000 primary teachers trained and are un-employed and we have adopted a dialogue strategy and not protests that were embraced by our predecessors and it will work on the interests of our teachers,” he added.

Education stakeholders, led by the Kenya National Union of Teachers have found that inconsistent policies, underfunding and teacher shortage are hindering delivery of quality education.

According to KNUT Secretary General Collins Oyuu, these factors were responsible for the push to privatise the education sector.

“Underfunding, inadequate public-school infrastructure, teacher shortages, stagnant capitation and the current unfortunate debate to privatise university education are among the major issues the sector is grappling with,” Oyuu said.

He maintained that the said factors have contributed to the urge for privatisation and commercialisation.

He was speaking during the release of a report titled, Rapid Assessment Results on Privatisation and Commercialisation of Education in Kenya.

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Knut and Education International launched the research findings at Kenya Institute of Special Education (Kise).

The report revealed that four per cent of schools in middle and low-income urban settlements consist of public schools while the remaining portion is taken by private or Alternative  Providers for Basic Education and Training (APBET) schools.

“These are areas which are densely populated but with an acute shortage of school infrastructure which is a recipe for privatisation and commercialization of Education,’’ Oyuu said.

Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers Deputy Secretary General Moses Nthurima said it is time the government addressed the matter urgently.

“We are asking the government to go through the report and do what they are not doing. We are losing education to the private sector where the majority of poor Kenyans are not going to access it,” Nthurima said.

Kenya Union of Domestic, Hotels, Educational Institutions, Hospitals and Allied Workers (Kudheiha) Secretary General Albert Njeru said, urged unions to stick together and oppose the move to privatize education in the country.

“If we are not going to stand united on this matter, If we don’t begin now, the issue of commercialisation is going to backfire on us… the individuals who have been entrusted with education. The issue will come back to haunt us,’’ Njeru said.

The stakeholders noted that most of the land which had been set aside by the government was either grabbed or converted to different uses.

The report attributed this 100 per cent transition policy which led to overstretching of resources. This is said to have made parents look for alternative modes of giving quality education to their children which give room to private schools to mushroom.

The study was conducted in six counties including Nairobi, Kakamega, Mombasa, Nakuru, Uasin Gishu and Kisumu.

The report also points a finger on the decision to domicile Junior Secondary in primary schools that disadvantaged public schools.

It indicates that the inability of public schools to offer competitive facilities to education has given private schools an edge making parents opt for them.

Other factors include scattered public schools which makes it impossible for many students to access public schools. This has forced parents to look for alternative modes of education, ending them in private schools.

In addition the union cited stagnant capitation to learners in both basic and higher learning institutions as a setback to accessing education in the country.

This they say has forced school administrators to commercialize education by requesting parents to chip in to bridge the deficit.

‘‘We are therefore calling upon the government to revise and increase government capitation to public schools which has never been reviewed for a long time in a country where inflation is at its highest,’’ Oyuu said.

He said, the unregulated supervision through poor quality assurance has also made it possible for the upsurge of private institutions at the expense of public schools.

Poor working conditions which is brought about by overcrowding in schools, low teacher student ratio that has been perceived to affect quality of service provision.

This has forced parents to divert to private schools for quality and conducive environment for their children.

The report says, unless the government revamp public schools to make them more attractive to parents, learners and workers, the trend will continue.

Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development CEO Charles Ong’ondo supported the findings but challenged the unions to engage more and find solutions to the challenges.

‘‘This is a bold step for re-engineering yourselves so that you can move from the realm of being associated with fighting for more food but not for professionalisation of teaching and learning,’’ Prof Ong’ondo said.

The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) and Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) have jointly asked politicians to keep off teacher recruitment exercise.

According to Knut secretary general Collins Oyuu and his Kuppet counterpart Akelo Misori, the teacher recruitment and management is a sole mandate of the Teachers Service Union (TSC).

The two spoke during the 62nd annual delegates’ conference at Citam in Kisumu on Wednesday.

This follows an emergence that some politicians were purportedly recruiting teachers after the government announced the plans to recruit 30,000 teachers.

Oyuu maintained that politicians will not be allowed to interfere with the recruitment of teachers in the country.

“The recruitment of teachers is within the mandate of the commission. Anybody purporting to have exercise in recruitment should be condemned in the highest terms possible,” he said.

He criticised the centralization of teacher recruitment which gives politicians room to influence their relatives to be recruited.

“We cannot subject this noble profession to selfish politicians meddling with matters of education. Politicians should completely keep off. This is not a chief’s affair,” Oyuu said.

“This is a professional matter. If you want us to respect you then leave teachers alone and leave the management of teachers to TSC.”

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The KNUT boss challenged politicians to mention and address any problem with the commission but not to purport to be an agency to recruit.

“It is wrong and we shall not allow it,” he added.

On his part, KUPPET boss Akelo Misori told politicians to stop meddling in the recruitment of teachers saying they should keep off the exercise.

“We have been disturbed with what is going on in social media that the independent institutions are not transacting their businesses,” he said.

Misori said parliament should do its legislation and oversight role and allow TSC to register and employ teachers, and advise on quality.

“We don’t want to see MCAs or MPs collecting names of those to be employed around marketplaces. We will not allow this,” Misori said.

He warned that next year will be a tough time for President William Ruto’s government should it fail to honour the teacher’s demands.

The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT)has realized an improvement in its revenue stream compared to the previous year, the Union’s National Treasurer Mr. James Ndiku has reported.

Ndiku said the Union realized the improvement from Ksh572,222,387 in the year 2020 to Ksh 823,129,622 in the year 2021 which was an increase of Ksh 250,907,235.

In a report tabled before KNUT members during their 62nd Annual Delegates Conference (ADC) in Kisumu,

Ndiku said the gains were as a result of concerted efforts by union officials after the June 2021 term elections.

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Ndiku however said subscriptions by members went to an all-time low in the year 2020 when the Union received Ksh 572,222,387 down from 1,085,960,546 in the year 2019.

He said the unpredictable nature of revenue inflow has made it difficult for the Union to meet its budgetary

obligations to its members and finance Head Office operations in addition to making remittances to

branches.

Ndiku said they are committed to giving, members prudent financial management systems.

The demand for a 60 per cent pay rise and a tribunal to deal with disciplinary cases are among the pertinent issues set to dominate the upcoming KNUT conference.

KNUT Members attending the 62nd Annual Delegates Conference in Kisumu also plan to review the education curriculum.

On the delocalisation, KNUT argues that the deployment and transfer of teachers has affected families. It aims to have a sit-down with the Teachers Service Commission and share a proposal on 60 per cent pay rise for teachers across the board.

According to KNUT, the last Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) of 2017 to 2021 had been considered and this time round they are pushing to have all teachers to benefit.

KNUT is further urging the employer to allow them to handle teachers’ disciplinary cases in their appeal tribunal which was abolished without proper reasons.

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“TSC accuses teachers, hears the cases and determines them. Initially, we would sit with TSC most of all when a case has been given dismissal and the teacher would apply again and the tribunal would seat where the union is present,” said Collins Oyuu, Knut secretary general who spoke in Kisumu yesterday.

Oyuu claimed that most of those policies were dictatorial and were made without proper consultation with stakeholders. They said the policies were no longer tenable for them.

He said the union will use the conference to also discuss and deliberate on the employment of more teachers to cushion and curb teacher shortage in the country which shall begin in the first term of 2023.

He acknowledged that the government through the TSC has already advertised for about 35,550 vacancies for both primary and secondary school teachers.

Mr Oyuu said the union is expecting very positive, encouraging deliberations and discussions among the about 2000 delegates expected from over 100 branches across the republic to attend the conference.

“We will also talk about reviewing the education system to accommodate stakeholders’ views. We missed a point during rolling out the Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) and that is why the president had to come in very fast to stop the train that had already left the station,” he noted.