TSC to Employ 26,000 Interns on Permanent Terms as Treasury Approves Budget
The intern teachers in primary and Junior Secondary Schools (JSS) have a reason to smile as 26,000 of them will be employed on permanent and pensionable terms starting January 2025 at a cost of KSh8.3 billion.
The National Treasury has allocated KSh364.910 billion for the Financial Year 2024/2025 to the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to carry out its functions.
The approved 2024 Budget Policy Statement indicates the Commission’s allocation as KSh369.9 billion, while the draft budget estimates for the Financial Year 2024/25 have an allocation of KSh364.910 billion.
This represents a reduction of KSh5.033 billion in recurrent expenditure and KSh33 million in development expenditure.
This announcement comes amid ongoing demonstrations by the JSS intern teachers who have refused to return to classrooms as the second term commences this week.
The teachers demand that the TSC comply with the Employment and Labour Relations Court (ELRC), which ruled that their labor rights were violated by being employed as interns instead of on permanent and pensionable terms.
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Recruitment
Currently, JSS teachers are on a one-year contract, with those posted in primary schools earning KSh15,000, while those in JSS receive KSh20,000.
In the budget, TSC is set to use KSh4.68 billion to recruit an additional 20,000 interns in primary and JSS schools as the teacher employer looks to address the teacher shortage in these schools.
Additionally, TSC has revealed plans to spend KSh1 billion on teacher promotions.
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This amount mirrors the current expenditure, which saw the Commission promote a total of 36,505 teachers to higher grades in line with the Career Progression Guidelines (CPG), with many being elevated to new ranks after years of stagnation in the same job group.
TSC to Employ 26,000 Interns on Permanent Terms as Treasury Approves Budget
