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Disciplining junior secondary intern teachers uncalled for

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Junior Secondary School Intern teachers addressing the press in Nairobi on June 8th 2024. They agreed to suspend their demonstrations and urged all the teachers to return to class as from Monday 10th June 2024. [Collins Oduor, Standard]

The Teacher's Service Commission (TSC) commenced disciplinary action against Junior Secondary School (JSS) intern teachers for having demonstrated against discriminatory employment terms.

This, notwithstanding that Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) engaged TSC after stakeholders convinced the teachers to resume work, which they did. Media reports indicate that 742 teachers were served termination letters by June 11, 2024.

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