Unions, Teachers Service Commission maintain hardline stances on pay

Standard Eight pupils at Arya Primary School in Kisumu study on their own on the first day of third term as teachers threaten to strike over pay rise row. [Photo: COLLINS ODUOR/Standard]

Teachers boycotted classes on a day the Government and the unions maintained their hardline positions on the disputed 50-60 per cent salary increment.

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) was preparing to return to the Supreme Court for a review of the orders granting the award, while the union lawyers vowed to press contempt of court proceedings against TSC bosses for failing to effect the pay hike.