Junior Secondary School teachers (JSS) go THREE months without salary
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JSS (Junior Secondary School teachers) yet to receive their salary for three months s Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) implementation woes deepen
JSS (Junior Secondary School teachers) yet to receive their salary for three months s Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) implementation woes deepen.
The first group of Junior Secondary School (JSS) teachers alleged that they had not received their three-month pay since the start of the 2023 academic year, underscoring a problem with the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC)’s implementation.
As the first term drew to a conclusion, education stakeholders called on the Ministry of Education to take action.
The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) incorporated 36,000 tutors into the initiative to address the shortage, although some critics claimed that the phase still faced numerous obstacles to being implemented successfully.
According to Ken Echesa, an education expert, the 36,000 teachers were not only sent to JSS but also to primary and high schools thus making it of little significance.
While breaking down the scenario, he noted that Grades 7 and 8 were supposed to be taught 14 units but most schools had only two tutors posted.
“In JSS, we have about 14 learning areas, and high school teachers are trained to teach 2 subjects. About 70 percent of teachers deployed were humanity who basically teach history and religion, Geography, and Kiswahili.
“These tutors are not in a position to teach integrated science that is Chemistry, Physics, and Biology. This tells you that most of our teachers have gone a full term without introducing students to integrated sciences,” he stated.
The crisis came even after the Ministry of Education declared in a statement that it had released Free Secondary Education (FSE) money for JSS on April 14, 2023.
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The Principal Secretary of, the State Department for Basic Education, has been instructed to receive official school receipts from all heads of institutions acknowledging receipt of funds for both tuition and operation accounts.
An allocation of monies fully signed by individual pupils would also be given to the County Director of Education by the Sub County Director of Education.
Schools that did not acknowledge the funds within two weeks would be suspended from the funds’ programme.
“JSS may not enter into financial contracts including Hire Purchase, bank loans without the express written approval of the Cabinet Secretary in line with Section 18 of Fourth Schedule of the Basic Education Act, 2013.
“Every head of the institution shall be responsible for application and utilization of funds as the Accounting Officer of the school,” the statement read in part.
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