Written by Junior Secondary School intern teachers received some bad news after thousands of them were served with sacking letters from their employer, the Teachers Service Commission.
To make matters worse, the JSS intern teachers were sacked two days after they decided to call off their Nationwide strike.
The Teachers Service Commission served the JSS intern teachers with termination of contract letters on Monday. The letters cited that the JSS intern teachers were sacked on grounds of professional misconduct.
Late last month, the same JSS intern teachers were last month served with show cause letters but that did not intimidate them and they just continued with their strike without being intimidated. All that they were asking for is for them to be confirmed on Permanent and Pensionable basis.
One of the JSS intern teachers who received his termination letter is Omari Omari who was the spokesperson of the JSS intern teachers.
He narrated that he was given his termination letter when he reported to Karen C Primary school I Langata sub county. He also narrated that they took the initiative and went to the Regional Director so that he can shed more light on the termination of the contracts.
Omari Omari said that upon reaching the Regional Director’s office, they were informed that the termination letter is final and there is no further consultation because they are regarded as just interns and not Permanent and Pensionable employed teachers.
This is indeed very sad because the Education Parliamentary Committee had approved that the intern teachers should be employed on a Permanent and Pensionable terms starting July when the new financial year will begin.
The budget was already allocated and the teachers were waiting to be employed. They however continued to strike because they said that the TSC want to employ some interns and leave others without employing them.