Teachers Strike To Begin Monday After TSC Fails To Meet Demands

• Teachers' unions protested the government's proposal to meet only one of their demands in a nationwide strike notice
• The teachers had threatened to go on strike from Monday, August 26, when classes are expected to resume for the third term.
• The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) announced the release of funds for the implementation of the second phase of the 2021-25 CBA

Academic activities will be disrupted across the country if teachers carry out their threat to go on strike.

Schools are expected to reopen for the third term on Monday, August 26.

The three teachers unions were meeting the Teachers Recruitment Commission (TSC) on Wednesday, August 21, to resolve the impasse, but their efforts hit a snag.

The National Union of Teachers in the country (KNUT), the Union of High School Teachers (KUPPET), and the Union of Special Needs Education Teachers (KUSNET) decided to go on a national strike from Monday.

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The unions did not accept the government's proposal to respect only the six main demands.

What action did TSC take?

TSC offered to deliver money to facilitate the implementation of the 2021-2025 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), which unions previously said had no financial benefits for teachers.

Other demands of teachers include the sending of loans and donations NSSFraising the grades of more than 100,000 teachers and releasing the benefits they deserve.

With the difficult position of the teachers, the employer announced its commitment to review the guidelines for the development of the work of teachers, the sending of third-party deductions, enabling teachers to access Government and private hospitals under the Teachers' Treatment Program, the provision of resources for to repair. teachers for the implementation of CBC and promoted 51,232 teachers under competitive promotion and 20,000 others every year of regular cadre.

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The meeting between the teachers' employer and the unions came after the President William Ruto ordering the relevant organizations to avoid the strike.

Semester dates are disrupted

If the strike continues, it will be another event in this year's academic calendar that will be disrupted.

The opening of the second phase was postponed twice due to heavy rains and subsequent floods across the country.

The normal reopening date was set for Monday, April 29, which was pushed to May 6 and later May 13.

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