What you need to know:
- JSS interns demand to be confirmed as permanent and pensionable teachers
- They say the Ksh.17,000 monthly gross salary is not enough to sustain their needs
Junior Secondary School (JSS) interns on Monday thronged Teachers Service Commission Headquarters in Nairobi demanding to confirmed as permanent and pensionable teachers.
Addressing the media during a peaceful demonstration , the intern teachers accused their employer, the Teachers Service Commission (TSC), of abuse and violating their rights
“What we are asking is for the government to confirm and compensate us for the time we have been under internship. We want TSC to respect the court’s ruling that internship is illegal.” Said Omari Omari National JSS spokesperson.
A labour court recently ruled that TSC’s internship program is illegal because giving internship positions to qualified teachers with teaching licences violates their rights to fair labour practice.
He added that the Ksh.17,000 monthly gross salary is not enough to sustain their needs, even more, that it is subject to tax deductions other permanent employees pay
