Teachers to be under TSC and not devolved counties

NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 21-The Kenya Union of Pre-Primary Education Teachers (KUNOPPET) now want to be delinked from counties citing poor terms of service and lack of retirement benefits.

Speaking during a presser in Nairobi, KUNOPPET national chairman Lawrence  Otunga has revealed that the devolved units have Skewed ECD scheme of service as the wages are not the same. 

He maintained that Some counties have refused to allocate money for the teachers’ scheme of service. Most counties are underpaying teachers. 

Otunga decries the delayed salaries by the devolved units as undermines service delivery among the pre primary teachers.

 “We will launch a nationwide campaign to compel county government to surrender pre-primary teachers to TSC. They should only remain with infrastructural development, “he said. 

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They now want the devolved units to roll out uniform salaries for all the pre primary teachers in the country as they undertake critical similar functions in the countries. 

Council of Governors had on Friday faulted the Presidential Working Party on Education reforms that recommended that the pre primary teacher be reverted back to the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) as opposed to its devolution currently. 

“Having gone through the full report, its recommendations and negative impact it possesses to devolution, we reject in totality the recommendations by the working party on education as it undermines basic structure and framework,” said a statement by COG.  Currently pre-primary teachers earn between sh 9,420 to sh 38,380 based on their level of education.