Intern Teachers Surprised by House Levy and NSSF Deductions by TSC
The TSC intern educators are in a difficult situation. Through KRA, their employer, TSC, has made withdrawals for housing funds, despite factoring in July’s arrears. They are discouraged because this has led to a decrease in their pay. Surprisingly, these deductions have happened in the past without giving these intern teachers any raises in response.
Let’s attentively check the deductions before we go into the details. A sum totaling sh. 360 was deducted from their salaries back in July for the NSSF. The same thing happened in August, with a noticeable 1.5% of their stipends going to the housing fund.
The standard intern teaching sector pays its employees sh 15,000 per month. However, after all is said and done, the deductions result in an actual dividend of about 14,000 sh. For junior secondary teachers, a similar situation plays out as their stipends of Sh. 20,000 drop to Sh. 18,000 after deductions.
The consequences of these deductions are evident, as should be expected. These adjustments were reflected in the most recent pay cycle for August, where primary intern teachers received sh. 12,570 and their junior secondary counterparts received sh. 17,570. These figures are much below what they are used to receiving, which infuriates and worries the ranks.
There are more serious repercussions to this worrying development. Given the blatant insufficiency of the compensation, it poses a threat to deter future instructors from adopting internships. The problem is made worse by the fact that the present payout structure does not take current inflation rates and cost of living into account.
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As a result, a trend has developed. Financial considerations lead many teachers to forego internships. Instead, they favor jobs with Boards of Management (BOM), where benefits for overall well-being are also provided in addition to higher compensation.
Ironically, although their permanent counterparts received favorable wage raises, the intern instructors had to deal with the status quo. Their incomes were unaffected, emphasizing the gap.
TSC has begun the process of assigning the most recent cohort of intern instructors to different schools. Twenty thousand people have been hired in total, with 18,000 going to junior secondary schools and the remaining 2,000 going to primary schools. Their main responsibility will be to support the adoption of the new curricula.
The teaching unions Knut, Kuppet, and Kusnet failed to protect the interns from these deductions in the face of these developments. During the negotiations, they were unable to succeed in getting a reassessment of the stipends.
The viewpoint Kuppet has is an intriguing tangent to this story. Even though their efforts to enhance the intern instructors’ monthly wage were noticeably ineffective, they nevertheless showed some advocacy in this situation.
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