TSC Will Examine CBA For July’s Salary Increase From 2021 to 2025
The collective bargaining agreement (CBA) for 2021–2025 that the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) and the major teachers’ unions signed will be reviewed.
The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT), the Kenya Union of Post-Primary Teachers (KUPPET), and the KEWOTA are the three primary teachers’ unions that have signed the 2021–2025 CBA.
The Commission seeks to enhance teachers’ pay from job ratings B5 to D5 over the course of the following four years, beginning this July.
Notwithstanding the fact that trade unions had signed the 2021–2025 CBA, TSC CEO Dr. Nancy Macharia stated that it had no monetary value. This is the area that will soon be reviewed.
In accordance with the Salary Review Commission’s advice, the Commission and the teacher unions negotiated a non-monetary CBA for the period 2021 to 2025. (SRC). It was decided that the CBA might be revised midway through if the nation’s economic situation improved, according to Dr. Nancy Macharia, who spoke on Tuesday before the National Assembly Education and Research Committee, which is chaired by Julius Melly.
“In order to inspire instructors who work for the Commission, the Commission would like to revise the 2021–2025 CBA, specifically the compensation component.
In light of this, we want this committee to help the Commission obtain Kes. 14 billion year for four years to cover the same, continued Macharia.
In order to solve the staffing gap, particularly at the Junior Secondary School (JSS) level, the TSC CEO also disclosed plans to hire 20,000 teachers in the upcoming fiscal year.
She pleaded with lawmakers to include Kes. 3.8 billion for recruiting in the upcoming budget, which will be unveiled in June.
The news follows the Commission’s hiring of 30,000 teachers, the majority of whom were assigned to junior secondary schools. There was at least one staff member assigned to each school.
The lack of instructors in schools has drawn criticism from a variety of education stakeholders who claim that one teacher cannot adequately cover all 12 subjects offered at the Junior Secondary School (JSS) level on their own.
Dr. Nancy Macharia added that TSC intended to address the teacher shortfall, which was estimated to be at 116,000 at the start of the current school year.
The TSC CEO additionally urged the Parliamentary Education Committee to support the allocation of Kes. 2.2 billion for the promotion of 14,000 teachers who had excessively remained in one position for an extended period of time.
According to Dr. Macharia, the Commission has received several requests regarding the promotion of teachers who have remained in the same work group for a long time as well as those who have earned higher qualifications.
“Admittedly, since the introduction of the 2021–2025 Collective Bargaining Agreement, we have not been able to advance these instructors because the Commission has not received promotion monies (CBA). This has damaged the Commission’s reputation as a result, she continued.
She claimed that TSC needs Kes. 2.2 billion to complete its work.
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