The Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers KUPPET has urged the Teacher’s Service Commission (TSC) and Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) to give teachers a more substantive salary increment.
Addressing the Media at Namachanja High School in Kanduyi constituency after attending its Annual General Meeting AGM, the Bungoma County Branch KUPPET Executive Secretary General, Mr. Augustine Kundu Luketelo said teachers want a 13-60% pay rise because the 7-10% that has been given is not commensurate with the current high cost of Living.
According to Luketelo, the salaries are still low as compared to the workload given to teachers in public Institutions.
“As much as we appreciate the efforts of SRC to up the pay of teachers and other Public Servants, we feel they are peanuts since most of it will go towards taxation levies such as NSSF, NHIF and affordable housing levy and in turn leave teachers at the same level,” said Luketelo .
The KUPPET official used the occasion to call upon students to remain disciplined during their holidays by using the available time to study in readiness for their internal and KCSE exams next term.
Mr. Luketelo told parents to support teachers in matters of school fees at the school to ensure that they attend to their lessons full-time.
He asked the leaders and Education stakeholders from the County to work together and enhance the education standards through infrastructure in schools.Also present was Mr Arnold Nyongesa, KUPPET Official representing secondary schools who urged students joining university to embrace discipline so as to emerge victorious in their studies after four years.
He said there is needed for Government to keenly rethink about the universities New Funding Model as it is going to be costly to parents.
On his part the Chief Principal of Namachanja High School Mrs Hellen Any’anga said the school currently has a student population of 2,000 noting that teachers are committed to continue exhibiting exemplary performance.
Mrs. Any’anga said that the school managed to be position four in Bungoma County in KCSE Exams 2022 whereby a total of 130 students will be joining University in early September.
By Mathews Achola
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