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Ministry of Education, Science and Technology; Important Documents- Kenya.

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Click on the links below to download important MOE documents:

  1. MINISTRY OF EDUCATION: EDUAFYA SENSITIZATION PRESENTATION-1
  2. MINISTRY OF EDUCATION:EXPIRY OF TENURE OF OFFICE FOR CEBs AND BOMs
  3. MINISTRY OF EDUCATION: DISBURSEMENT OF FDSE TERM 2 20180001
  4. MINISTRY OF EDUCATION: TRANSFERS AND ADMISSIONS OF STUDENTS FORM (1)
  5. MINISTRY OF EDUCATION: NEMIS MANUAL USER 2018
  6. MINISTRY OF EDUCATION: Email_Addreses_30-01-2017
  7. MINISTRY OF EDUCATION: BAN ON holiday tution (1)
  8. MINISTRY OF EDUCATION: compliance with school feess
  9. MINISTRY OF EDUCATION: FREE SECONDARY EDUCATION DISBURSEMENT OF FDSE TERM 2 20180001
  10. MINISTRY OF EDUCATION: FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
  11. MINISTRY OF EDUCATION: Approved – Data Collection Form for MoE
  12. MINISTRY OF EDUCATION: circular on submission of queries online

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KNUT’s Collins Oyuu leads Eldoret Teachers in burning TPAD documents.

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Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT), Chepkoilel branch, teachers yesterday joined the fray of teachers angered by the Teachers Performance and Appraisal Development (TPAD) evaluation exercise by the TSC.

Led by KNUT’s National Assistant Secretary-General, Collins Oyuu, the teachers set the TPAD forms ablaze to express their disgruntlement over the evaluation exercise. Mr. Oyuu said the TSC single handedly introduced the policies before consulting them.

“The TPAD forms have turned teachers into clerks and today teachers have decided that enough is enough. They are tired of filing these forms in cybers where they nowadays spent most of their time instead of teaching,” said Oyuu during the Chepkoilel annual meeting in Eldoret, as quoted by the Nation.

“We want to practice what we were taught in class. TSC should withdraw the TPAD forms immediately. TPAD rest in peace,” Oyuu added.

This becomes the third case of teachers publicly burning the TPAD forms, even after TSC threatened to take action against such teachers. It started a few weeks ago at Borabu, in Nyamira County, when dissatisfied tutors burnt the forms. Yesterday, their Kakamega compatriots joined the bandwagon. The TSC sanctioned a section of Borabu KNUT branch teachers by asking them to show cause why action can not be taken against them, for burning TPAD documents.

The deadline set for uploading TPAD data for second term expires tomorrow, 10 September; even as most teachers complained of the online system’s inefficiency.

The President, has already issued a directive to TSC to review the evaluation process. Sources familiar to TSC operations indicate that the TSC plans to retain the TPAD evaluation process but, reduce the amount of data to be uploaded.

A message sent to principals by TSC Subcounty directors requires them to “ensure that all the parts on the online TPAD data are filled”. The message also asks the principals to download and file TPAD data uploads for all teachers, since 2016.

Focus will be on the KNUT versus TSC negotiating teams when they meet later this month. Already there is a spat between the TSC and KNUT over agreement on items discussed last month.

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A mentally ‘disturbed’ Teacher rescued from mob at Naivasha

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A secondary school teacher was rescued from a charged mob on Wednesday evening at Naivasha town. Identified as Mr. Daniel Mwaura Njoroge, he seemed to have a mental disorder when rescued by a good samaritan. Mr. Njoroge is said to be a teacher at Muranda Secondary school in Murang’a.

The mob was baying for his blood for alleged thievery; a case of mistaken identity. Mr. Njoroge hails from Miharati area which is a location in Kipipiri division, Kipipiri Constituency, of Nyandarua County; Central province.

A teacher familiar with Njoroge said, “I know this guy. I used to work with him, some times back in Gilgil. The family have been informed but they would be happy to get the contacts of the person who rescued him(Mr. Njoroge)”.

Teachers countrywide face a myriad of problems ranging from TPAD, pressure at work, to meagre pay. Schools re-opened on 27th August, 2018, for third term. It could not be established immediately what Mr. Njoroge was doing at Naivasha town.

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Kisii is not a hot spot of National exams cheating – KUPPET official says

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Kisii County KUPPET chairman, Mr. Laban Bosire Ouko, has come out strongly to castigate the Kenya National Examinations Council’s decision to profile Kisii as a cheating hotspot.

This comes after KNEC’s chairman, George Magoha, gave a list of cheating hotspots being investigated by the council. The examinations cheating hotspots according to KNEC are: Meru, Kiambu, Garissa, West Pokot, Kisii and Wajir.

Speaking to journalists, this week, Magoha also said that parts of Nyanza are being investigated.

“In some of the cases, especially in Kisii and Garissa, some principals are collecting money from parents during the prayers promising access to examination papers. The Council wishes to advise the candidates not to be cheated into looking at these fake papers,” Magoha told the media.

But, in a statement yesterday, Mr. Ouko said that KNEC’s profiling of Kisii as an examination cheating hotspot is ill informed and in bad faith.

“The profiling of Kisii as an examination cheating hot-spot by KNEC is discriminative and abusive to the teachers, parents, students of Kisii county. By so doing, KNEC is unfairly subjecting the students, invigilators, supervisors and centre managers”, the fiery Kisii County KUPPET chair said.

Mr. Ouko noted that such utterances are meant to punish the hard working students and teachers from the area.
“These kind of actions and utterances from KNEC should be condemned by all educationists”, Mr. Ouko added.

The Examinations Council and Ministry of Education have put stringent measures to safeguard integrity of the National examinations; among them being the banning of any handouts given to invigilators and supervisors by schools’ heads; including meals.

“The council has confirmed that some schools are still conducting prayers and other activities during the Third Term contrary to the Ministry of Education guidelines,” Prof Magoha said while briefing journalists on the progress of examination preparedness at Lang’ata Sub-County headquarters in Nairobi. He was accompanied by the Education Ministry Permanent Secretary, Bellio Kipsang.

Kipsang promised that all candidates will sit for their papers as scheduled and there will be no delays. He also exuded confidence that the candidates will receive their results before 25 December, 2018.

The national examinations commence in less than four weeks’ time. A total of 1,060,703 candidates are registered for the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education, KCPE, examinations. While, 664,585 Form Four students are expected to sit the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education, KCSE, examinations, this year.

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Let learners stay at home, push KCSE and KCPE exams to November 2021- Govt told

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A group of unions is proposing that learners to continue staying at home for longer, citing the ‘unsafe’ school environment due to the current covid-19 pandemic. The group comprised of the Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) and Universities Academic Staff Union (Uasu) wants the government not to rush into schools’ reopening as it may lead to multiple infections by corona virus.

“Reopening of schools, colleges and universities must be transparent, phased and coupled with clear communication by government and public universities, colleges and schools, with the input of public health professionals, front-line healthcare professionals, educators, academic staff and the unions,”  said the unions in a joint presser on Wednesday.

The national covid-19 education response committee is currently working on recommendations on how to reopen basic learning institutions; with the report expect in a matter of few days.

According to knut secretary general, Wilson Sossion, learners should continue staying at home where they are otherwise safer.

“We would rather have all our children staying at home, safe and alive and repeating a year rather than sending them to school to die. The world will not come to an end if we suspend certain matters,” Sossion said during the joint presser.

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On the KCPE and KCSE examinations, the group is proposing that they be postponed till normalcy reigns; even it will be in November next year.

“We’ve heard of people talking about Form Four and Class Eight reopening. These are human beings; the world will not come to an end. Children can repeat a class, better save lives first. Even if the exams are pushed to November 2021, if we can evade death, let’s do so. The world will not come to an end if we suspend certain matters… Nobody in this country should gamble with the lives of learners and teachers. For now, open bars and test social distancing. KCPE and KCSE are not a ticket to heaven” he added.

KNUT Secretary General Wilson Sossion. He now wants both the KCPE and KCSE to be postponed to 2021 following disruptions to the education sector occasioned by the coronavirus pandemic.
KNUT Secretary General Wilson Sossion. He now wants both the KCPE and KCSE to be postponed to 2021 following disruptions to the education sector occasioned by the coronavirus pandemic.

The group also holds that well laid plans must be worked out before learning institutions are reopened. This includes fumigation and testing of the learners.

“It is advisable to maintain the closure of Kenyan educational institutions and universities until the number of new cases stabilizes or declines for at least 14 consecutive days, before considerations for phased re-opening begins,” reads the group’s report; in part.

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With Uganda set to reopen schools next month, it is highly likely that Kenya may consider going the same direction. But, the lobby says more needs to be done before such a move is undertaken.

“Set up treatment facilities to handle any cases that might arise to ensure access to health services by teachers, lecturers, non-teaching staff and learners…. Provide sustainable supply of Personal Protective Equipment for teachers, workers and students,” the report further adds.

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Summary of the Kuppet Constitution Ammendmends in 2024

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The Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers, Kuppet, has amended its constitution. The amendments were done during the 2024 Annual Delegates Conference, ADC, in Vihiga.

During the ADC, major constitutional amendments were made which included scrapping the retirement age for contestants, increasing nomination fees and introduction of new posts at Branch, Regional and National levels.

Get a detailed summary of the amendments here.

SUMMARY OF THE 2024 AMMENDMENTS OF THE KUPPET CONSTITUTION

The articles touched in the amendments are:

Article 2: 1A INTERPRETATION

This is a new article which defines a member, a delegate and a branch.

❇️ A member has been difined as teacher/lecturer/trainer who is a fully paid up member of KUPPET.

❇️ A delegate has been defined as a registered official or members of KUPPET entitled to attend the annual and the special delegates conference.

❇️ A county has been defined as a geographical regional within which a KUPPET branch is confined.

Article 4.0: THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES

Clause VA has been added.

❇️(VA) To buttress gender equity and equal opportunities without any forms of discrimination on the basis of inter Alia sex, race, tribe, age or religion.

Article 8.20: Delegates to the Conference

❇️ The article has increased the number of elected delegates from 10 to 14 by adding 4 new elective seats which are:

1st Assistant Gender Secretary, 2nd assistant Gender Secretary, 3rd Assistant Gender Secretary and Assistant Secretary Junior Secondary.

❇️ These additional slots for gender are aimed at increasing ladies representation in union leadership while the secretary Junior Secondary is sector specific for the junior secondary sector just like the secretary secondary for the regular secondary soon to be called senior secondary sector and secretary tertiary for the tertiary sector.

❇️ The article also brings in pro-rata delegates who shall be determined by the membership of a branch. For every 100 members above the first 300 members a branch will elect one pro-rata delegate during the BGA. This shall be done annually.

❇️ It also defines who is qualified to contest for a national executive board post.

Article 8.8.1A: Regional Councils

❇️The article introduces a new level of union representation which is the regional council. The regions are (Coast, North Eastern, Eastern, Central, Nairobi, Rift valley, Western, Nyanza)

❇️ This organ shall address teacher welfare issues and union issues at regional level by engaging the regional leadership of the employer and the ministry.

❇️The article give the operational and administrative structures of the Regional Councils. The regional council shall have 7 officials who are: Chairman, Vice chairman, Executive Secretary, Assistant executive secretary, treasurer, assistant Treasurer, woman representative.

Article 8.130: Trustees

❇️The number of union trustees has been increased from 4 to 9. Each region (Coast, North Eastern, Eastern, Central, Nairobi, Rift valley, Western, Nyanza) will have one trustee.

Trustees are the custodians of union properties.

Article 10.0: Officers of the union

❇️ This article captures the additional 4 new elective seats (the 1st assistant Gender Secretary, 2nd assistant Gender Secretary, 3rd Assistant Gender Secretary and Assistant Secretary Junior Secondary) both at branch and national level and outlines their roles.

Article 12.0: Terms of office Bearers

The article remained unchanged.

Article 13.0: Union elections.

❇️The article has ammended the membership requirements for one to contest as a union official at branch level. The minimum membership period was set at one year membership for members in junior secondary (as a transition clause since it’s a new sector) and 5 yrs membership for members in regular secondary/senior secondary and those in tertiary.

❇️All the other clauses remained unchanged.

Article 14.0: Nomination fees

The Nomination fees were revised as follows:

✳️ General Secretary, National Chairman, National treasurer – 500,000/-
✳️ All other National seats – 300,000/-
✳️ Executive Secretary – 200,000/-
✳️ Branch Chair, Branch treasurer – 100,000
✳️ All other Branch executive committee seats – 50,000.

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KEPSHA Elections abort after irate teachers invade venue.

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Kenya Primary schools Head’s Association elections that were to be conducted today have been prematurely postponed. The National Executive Council (NEC) meeting convened today was ended prematurely when teachers chanting ‘Mafuta and Otiendo Must go’ invaded the meeting venue, today. The meeting called by the National Secretary General Secretary, Mr. David Mafuta, was interrupted by teachers who want Mr. Mafuta and Chairman Shem Ndolo to retire. The top KEPSHA brass is being accused of embezzlement and being in office illegally,as some of the officials have attained the mandatory retirement age.

The meeting was held at the National KEPSHA offices in Kileleshwa, Nairobi. The chairman, Mr. Ndolo, at one moment walked out of the meeting hall and ordered the media and teachers present to vacate the area. This agitated the situation as the angry teachers started chanting slogans for removal of Mr. Shem Ndolo. Mr. Mafuta who heads Mofu primary school in Embu is accused of corruption and diverting KEPSHA monies to funding own projects. More to follow…….

KEPSHA is an organization representing the diverse views of over 26,000 primary school head teachers, KEPSHA cares about a lot of issues pertaining to quality education in Kenya. The Child-Friendly Schools framework provides KEPSHA with the overall blueprint from which we are building a systematic approach to delivering equitable rights-based quality education for all of our pupils in Kenya.

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Latest TSC News: Commission gives details on T-Pay, Training of teachers on CBC and relationship with teacher unions

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The Teachers Service Commission, TSC, has moved to set the record straight concerning its relationship with teachers’ unions. In what is seen as a direct response to the Kenya National Union of Teachers’, KNUT, aasertion that the TSC wants to cripple its operations, TSC now says it has no powers to deregister any trade union.

Here is the presser from the TSC boss, Dr. Nancy Njeri Macharia;

‘STATEMENT ON TEACHERS SERVICE COMMISSION’S RELATIONSHIP WITH TEACHERS’UNIONS

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) wishes to set the record straight in regard to its relationship with the Teachers’ Unions and state as follow:

TSC as a Corporate Entity

As a corporate entity and as provided under the law. TSC executes its mandate through the Board led by the Commission Chairperson, Dr Lydia Nzomo. The Commission is supported by a Secretariat headed by the Secretary/Chief Executive Officer who is charged with the duty of implementing Board decisions.

As a public institution, the Commission remains committed to supporting the Government in the realization of its development agenda through the provision of quality education. Over the last two years, the Commission has recruited an additional 18,700 teachers to support the policy of 100 percent transition of learners to secondary schools. In addition, to several other key milestones, TSC has fully expedited the processing of pension claims and automated its payroll system, including the management of all third-party deductions.

The Commission was recently feted by the African Union (AU) for the Third Party Transaction Management System (T-PAY). This is an innovative IT platform that allows teachers to manage their third-party deductions, including union dues and financial transactions against their pay. The TSC win was under the category of Best Ethical Managed, Accountable, Transparent and Accessible organization. T-PAY has greatly improved our service delivery to teachers who can now manage all their third-party transactions at the click of a button, while preserving their right to data privacy. As a direct corollary, this has enhanced contact hours between teachers and learners, consequently improving learning outcomes.

To ensure that teachers are adequately prepared to successfully implement the Competence Based Curriculum (CBC). TSC has trained a total of 159,810 teachers during this year. (some 91,620 in April and 68.490 in August). A further 68.490 are scheduled to be trained in December, bringing the total to 288,000 by the end of 2019. As we come to the close of the year, we wish to thank our teachers for their dedicated and selfless service to the nation. We assure them of our commitment to serve and support them.

Relationship with Teachers’ Unions

TSC recognizes teachers’ unions as key stakeholders in the teaching service and the critical role they play in representing teachers’ issues.
Initially, TSC had an unstructured relationship with the unions. It is not until June 2016, that TSC. under the current leadership,made a fundamental decision to sign Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBAS) with teachers’unions. TSC and the recognised teachers’unions signed the first CBA, covering the period 2013-2017 in June 2016. In October, 2016, the TSC and the unions signed a second CBA covering the period July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2021, through which the Government committed Sh54billion in improved salaries and allowances for teachers.

The overall objective of the CBAs was to promoteindustrial harmony and constructive social dialogue in the teaching sector. The culture of industrial unrest that had dominated the teaching service has now been conclusively addressed, thanks to the partnership of teachers and the TSC leadership to address teachers’ issues in a structured and regulated manner. This has led to improved quality teaching for our children on whose behalf we have all been called to serve

In its engagement with the unions, TSC operates strictly within the legal provisions that guide such a relationship. Any action initiated by the Commission is done after careful thought, review, in good faith and in strict conformity with the law. We wish to clarify that under the law. TSC has no power to register or de-register a union as that is the exclusive mandate of the Registrar of Trade Unions.

Similarly, under the law, to sustain a Recognition Agreement between an employer and a union, there are certain minimum requirements that a union must meet. However, in the event a union fails to meet the statutory threshold, the employer will continue to remit all dues payable to such a union.

The Commission has continued to work with registered unions even without a recognition agreement. Further, the process leading to revocation of a Recognition Agreement is elaborate and intricate.
It starts with issuance of the notice of intention and culminates with the decision reached by the National Labour Board. Parties involved still have an opportunity for conciliation and ultimately, judicial adjudication. This process is succinctly provided for by the law. Accordingly, the narrative being advanced that the Commission intends to kill any union is not only false but also misleading

Conclusion

Finally, the Commission wishes to assure all teachers that it absolutely has no desire or interest to constrict their avenues for expression and right to union representation. Equally, the Commission will continue to work harmoniously with all registered trade unions operating within the teaching service.’

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Reprieve as TSC invites KNUT to a consultative meeting

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The Teachers Service Commission, TSC, has invited the Kenya National Union of Teachers, KNUT, officials to a consultative meeting on 19/10/2018. This meeting comes after the aborted Naivasha talks in which the two sides failed to reach an agreement on some contentious matters. “As you are aware, upon adjourned of the TSC/ KNUT retreat in Naivasha on 3/10/2018, parties agreed to meet later to deliberate on pending issues,” reads the communique from the TSC Chief executive, Dr. Nancy Njeri Macharia.

Among unresolved matters that  KNUT wants the employer to address are: Stoppage of the delocalization exercise, stopping the TPAD evaluation and promoting teachers who have attained higher qualifications. This meeting comes after calls by various stake holders for the two sides to reach a truce on the contentious matters to allow the students sit their national examinations in a peaceful environment. During a television interview, today morning, the chair to the parliamentary committee on Education, Hon Julius Melly,exuded confidence that the two sides will reach an agreement as he had talked to the KNUT Secretary, Hon. Wilson Sossion.

“This is therefore to invite you to a meeting on 19/10/2018 at the Commission Chairperson’s Boardroom , 3rd floor, at 10.00 a.m to conclude on the same,” reads the letter sent by Dr. Macharia to the Secretary general KNUT,Hon. Wilson sossion.

This will be a big reprieve to learners who start writing their final exams in a fort night.

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Teachers urged to enter the global teacher prize, 2019.

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The teachers’ Service Commission has urged teachers to participate at the  annual global teacher prize competition. The teachers are expected to nominate an outstanding teacher. Through a circular copied to all the 47 county directors by madam Rita Wamuyu Wahome, the Acting Director Staffing Division, the County directors “are requested to encourage innovation by advising teachers to apply for the above mentioned (global teacher prize-2019) prize”.

An attached communique reads, “as you may know, since 2015, we have been running the Global Teacher Prize, a Us $1 million award presented annually to an exceptional teacher who has made an outstanding contribution to their profession. The prize serves to underline the importance of educators and the fact that, throught the world, their efforts deserve to be recognized and celebrated. It seeks to acknowledge the impacts of the very best teachers- not only on their students but on the communities around them”.

interested teachers are expected to download the application and nomination forms from; www.globalteacherprize.org

The closing date has been extended to 23rd September 2018.

The Varkey Foundation established the prize in 2014, to recognise and celebrate the impact that teachers have around the world – not only on their students, but on the communities around them.

The Varkey Foundation believes that vibrant education awakens and supports the full potential of young people. Thanks to inspirational teachers, students develop the skills and knowledge that they need to lead successful lives and positively impact the world.

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Knut to meet TSC over recognition agreement that will cripple Kuppet

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The country’s teacher employer, the Teachers Service Commission (TSC), is set to meet the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) next week to discuss and review contentious clauses in the Recognition Agreement the two parties signed in 2021.

Speaking yesterday, KNUT First National Vice Chairman Malel Lang’at confirmed that the meeting will be held from November 18, 2024 to November 22, 2024 in Naivasha to kickstart the process of amending the Recognition Agreement.

Malel stated that the prime agenda of the meeting will be TSC/KNUT Recognition Agreement (RA) amendment, pointing out that the 2021 document which reviewed the 1968 one was signed under duress.

He was speaking after attending a fundraiser in Shakoee village, Transmara, for KNUT branch chairman who doubles up as the Rift Valley Region Chairman John Musere. A total of Ksh4.4 million was raised to offset a hospital bill.

The meeting comes after the union officially wrote to TSC asking for review of the RA in compliance with the Labour Relations Act and the relevant laws, with Malel noting that the union had issued a one month notice of the same giving justifications for the need for the amendments.

Malel pointed out that the 2021 RA had unfriendly clauses which are detrimental to stakeholders, including reducing the number of branches, demarcation, unionized heads of institutions, and rights and privileges as enshrined in the Constitution of Kenya but silent in the RA, among others.

For instance, clause 6 of the 2021 RA requires the union to reduce its branch executive secretaries from the current 110 to 47 effective July 1, 2026, and Clause 7 expects institutional administrators (referring to head teachers) not to be members of the union.

“In compliance to Appendix C of the Industrial Charter of 1984 and considering the role of Institutional Administrators which includes, managing human and non-human resources, supervision of staff, implementation of educational policy guidelines and professional practices, parties mutually agree that a Headteacher and/or a teacher acting in the position of a Headteacher shall not be a member of the Union,” reads part of the 2021 RA.

Malel now hints that TSC and KNUT are expected to appoint a sub-committee with joint chairpersons from KNUT and TSC to look into the areas proposed for amendments and present their report and opinion for further action.

The agreed position will then be registered with the Registrar of Trade Unions for implementation.

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KNUT and KUPPET Clash Over 46,000 Junior Secondary Teachers

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KNUT and KUPPET Clash Over 46,000 Junior Secondary Teachers

A strong battle has emerged between Kenya’s two major teachers’ unions—Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) and Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET)—over the representation of approximately 46,000 Junior Secondary School (JSS) teachers. This escalating conflict centers on union membership, financial stakes, and the broader implications for the education sector.

KNUT contends that JSS teachers, who are currently stationed within primary schools, should fall under its jurisdiction. Secretary-General Collins Oyuu argues that the government’s classification of JSS under the comprehensive school model—which encompasses nursery to Grade 9—places these educators squarely within KNUT’s domain.

Oyuu has accused KUPPET of irregularly enrolling JSS teachers, asserting that such actions undermine KNUT’s membership base and financial stability.

In response, KUPPET maintains that JSS teachers, by virtue of teaching secondary-level content, rightfully belong to its ranks.

KUPPET National Vice Chairman Julius Korir emphasizes that many JSS teachers were previously affiliated with secondary schools and have voluntarily chosen to join KUPPET. He dismisses KNUT’s allegations as unwarranted panic over shifting union dynamics.

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) finds itself entangled in this union rivalry. While TSC asserts that union membership is a personal choice for teachers, KNUT has accused the commission of facilitating the transfer of JSS teachers to KUPPET without proper consent.

KNUT has threatened legal action, demanding that TSC cease any further reassignments and respect teachers’ rights to choose their union affiliations. At the heart of this dispute lies significant financial considerations.

Union membership dues constitute a substantial revenue stream, and the addition of 46,000 JSS teachers represents a lucrative opportunity.

KNUT, having previously seen its membership plummet from 187,000 to 12,000, views the inclusion of JSS teachers as a pathway to financial rejuvenation.

Conversely, KUPPET sees the potential to bolster its influence and resources through the integration of these educators.

Caught in the crossfire are the JSS teachers themselves, many of whom are employed on contract terms and face uncertainty regarding their future. Both unions have advocated for the confirmation of these teachers to permanent and pensionable positions.

However, delays in implementation have led to dissatisfaction and feelings of betrayal among the teaching cohort, with some accusing the unions of prioritizing membership numbers over genuine advocacy.

How to confirm KUPPET Membership from the the TSC online Payslip system.

Whereas the onboarding of teachers to union membership by TSC is automatic, sometimes it is advisable that you do it manually. Many teachers are still on the agency list; meaning they are not affiliated to any union.

To confirm your membership in KUPPET follow the following procedure:

Log in to TSC Payslip,
Click My Transaction and then Check Running Transaction Details,
For a KUPPET Member the Ref Account column should show “KUPPET”
For a teacher paying Agency Fee the Ref Account column shows “AGENCY FEE”
How to join KUPPET using Online T-Pay Registration System

1. Log in “TSC ONLINE PAYSLIP”
2. Go to “3RD PARTIES”
3. Click “CLICK HERE TO SEND YOUR PAYSLIP
4. Click “SELECT CATEGORY”
5. Go to “SWA”
6. Select “COMPANY CATEGORY”
7. Go to “KUPPET UNION DUES”
8. Click “SEND PAYSLIP
(A message “Pay slip for this month has already been sent to KUPPET UNION DUES” will appear).
9. Alert the branch office by sending your Official Name, TSC Number and Name of Institution by SMS to the executive secretary or any elected Branch Executive Committee (BEC) member. The will follow it up with the TSC to ensure that you union membership status is updated.

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You have failed us and the new Curriculum must be implemented as planned- Private schools tell Amina

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Private schools have asked the Education Ministry’s Cabinet Secretary, Dr Amina Mohammed, not to suspend the implementation of the new Competency Based Curriculum (CBC). Via a press statement released today, the Kenya Private Schools Association (KPSA) National Chairman, Mutheu Kasanga, wants CS Amina to rescind her decision to suspend the full implementation of the new curriculum. Appearing before the Senate Committee on Education, early this week, the CS said her Ministry had put on hold the rolling out of the new curriculum citing unpreparedness. Read full details, here: Roll out of the new curriculum put on hold-cs Amina announces

Teachers had welcomed the move by CS Amina to suspend implementation of the new Curriculum, sentiments that have been echoed by the Kenya National Union of Teachers, KNUT, Secretary General, Hon Wilson Sossion.

KPSA now wants the President, H.E Uhuru Kenyatta, to  intervene and solve the impasse.

Here is the full press statement from KPSA;

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RE: PRESS STATEMENT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW
CURRICULUM.
In the decision of the National Steering Committee on Curriculum reforms on 3rd January, 2018 Chaired by the then Cabinet Secretary for Education Dr. Fred Matiangi at KICD. Two things were agreed;
1. National Pilot be rolled out in all schools both Public and Private targeting PP1 to Grade 2 in 2018.
 This was to allow the stakeholders involved to work on improving the system and prepare for anchoring of the new curriculum in appropriate statutory requirements and develop policy document to guide National roll-out in 2019.
 The curriculum designs for these levels were released and subsequently curriculum support materials from the publishers were made available to school up-to grade 3.
2. Full National rollout of the new curriculum would be done in 2019 where it will cover PP1 to Grade 4. This pronouncement was intended to make all the parties involved to prepare and do all that may be required to support full implementation.
This CBC fiasco is a wake-up call for all educationists to come together and demand an education system which is credible, fair and which is delivered equally to all.

We strongly condemn in the strongest words possible the decision of Cabinet Secretary Dr. Amina Mohamed to ignore the call by the Critical Stakeholders in curriculum review process for a meeting to review and advice on way forward on the New Curriculum implementation from as early as February 2018. Severally meetings have been requested but no response has been forth coming. This made some us believe that all was well and that she meant well for Education of our country.

The decision to pronounce the suspension of new curriculum without the benefit of stakeholder’s consultation to assess its implications smacks of incompetence and is highly irresponsible, a situation that is extremely demoralizing and frustrating to the Parents and Children who cannot now
plan for their future with certainty.

Kenyan children and their parents deserve an explanation and unreserved apology from the leadership of the Ministry of Education for this unfortunate confusion. Nobody can close
their eyes and under rate the intelligence of parents in this critical matter. The collapse of implementation of the CBC seems to be a massive failure at the top line of the Ministry of Education. Firstly, the CBC has not been anchored in law and thus it can only be run as a pilot. Secondly, it has been apparent for the better part of the year that the donor funded TUSOME project was winding down and that there would be no grade 4 books from
that end.

KPSA as key stakeholders in Education will not accept anything short of full implementation on the new curriculum upto grade 3. We have been preparing our parents, Children and teachers for the new curriculum. We appreciate the fact that challenges will always be there but they should not stand in the way of implementation they can be sorted out as we move along.

 KPSA is therefore calling for the following;
1. The intervention of his Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Excellency the Deputy President William Ruto to save our basic Education Sector.
2. That the government immediately convenes an urgent meeting with Key Education stakeholders to fully address the looming disaster induced by the Ministry of Education .
3. Parliament through Education, Science and Technology committee, be immediately engaged for appropriate support on legal framework for the new curriculum.
4. Education Standards and Quality Assurance Council must be set up and operationalized urgently. It must be an independent body which can crack the whip on the MoE and TSC to deliver a uniform education standard to all Kenyan children.
5. That CBC was more than anything a change in teaching methodology not content. This for grade four can be done within 8-4-4 without necessarily having a system change and without losing the substance and depth so as to save the children who have been in the new curriculum in grade 3 and stand to significantly lose out if nothing is
done. Best interest of the child should be paramount in all decisions. The dance around the grade four curriculum designs and unpreparedness for the new curriculum is disingenuous. Government teachers in Public Schools have been trained. In fact it is the teachers in
the private sector who have had at times no access to training and are reliant on private arrangements for training.

The Kenya Private Schools Association has a duty to protect Education for all in this country and will not sit back and watch Kenyan children suffer from irresponsible decisions from officers whose duty is to facilitate and provide for their Education. The ministry should be advised to refocus on its internal Leadership and management weaknesses for the good of Education in our country.
Thank you
Mutheu Kasanga.
National Chairman
Kenya Private Schools Association

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Rolling out of the new Curriculum was initially slated for January next year, 2019.