Mandatory 2% Deduction on JSS Teachers’ Salary
Mandatory 2% Deduction on JSS Teachers’ Salary. Early this year, the Teachers Service Commission hired almost 30,000 instructors for Junior Secondary schools. While some were hired on an internship basis, others were hired on a permanent and pensionable basis.
Typically, teachers are expected to be union members. The KNUT and KUPPET teacher unions are the two biggest ones. All junior secondary school teachers must now adhere to directives from the commission that state they must be members of the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT).
The commission has stated that because they stand up for them, unions are important for all teachers. Teachers’ opinions are typically expressed by the unions to the authorities they are targeting. In light of that, the commission believes it is preferable for the JSS instructors to be members of a union that will allow them to express their professional opinions. The commission decided and recommended that all JSS teachers join KNUT.
Mandatory 2% Deduction on JSS Teachers’ Salary
Teachers in primary schools are typically represented by the KNUT union. Teachers at secondary schools are represented by the KUPPET union, on the other hand. Since junior secondary schools are now located in elementary schools, the commission advised JSS instructors to join KNUT union.
In relation to it, 2% of each junior secondary school teacher’s base pay will now be withheld each month. The money will be transferred to the union in order to support union operations. A number of JSS teachers were ultimately added to the payroll in May 2023, and as a result, they started receiving their salary.
Additionally, the majority of P1 instructors who were promoted to junior secondary teaching positions have not yet received their salary. Few of them have so far received payment.
Regarding the JSS teachers’ union membership, there has been a major scandal. Together with the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT), the Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) has been vying for the membership of JSS teachers.
The location of the junior secondary school was another point of contention between the two unions. Both KNUT and KUPPET wanted it in their primary schools and secondary schools, respectively.
Junior secondary schools should be located in elementary schools, according to the recommendation of the Presidential Working Group on Education Reforms. In order to host JSS pupils in elementary schools, a number of variables were taken into account. The learners’ ages, cultural aspects, and the accessibility of resources were some of the major determinants.