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Schools open as junior secondary teachers stay away from class

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JSS teachers protest in Nakuru. 60,000 intern teachers want to be employed on permanent terms. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

Schools reopened in many parts of the country on a day junior secondary teachers held demos in various towns to protest the Teachers Service Commission's refusal to employ them on permanent terms.

In Nairobi, a section of the intern teachers staged demonstrations at the commission's offices.

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