KNUT directs teachers to report to work for third term as it withdraws strike notice.
Aug 25 – The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) has directed teachers to report to work for third term after it withdrew the strike notice that was to elapse at midnight.
In a statement, the union’s Secretary General Collins Oyuu indicated that the remaining areas of concern for teachers were being addressed administratively.
Collins Oyuu, the secretary-general of KNUT, stated following an internal meeting with the national governing council that the union decided to postpone the strike in order to give the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) more time to handle their pressing requests.
This decision is the result of protracted negotiations about teacher welfare problems between KNUT and the TSC.
KNUT has demonstrated its commitment to negotiation and peaceful resolution by calling off the strike.
In an indication that things will be returning to normal in the educational system, Oyuu has asked all KNUT members to report to their individual schools on Monday. The union’s choice is viewed as a move in the right direction toward productive communication with the TSC.
KNUT has stated that they reserve the right to change their minds, nevertheless, if their requests are not satisfied in the allotted amount of time. While all sides try to find a long-term solution, the situation is still unstable.
On the other hand, the teachers’ strike that is scheduled to start tomorrow will go on as scheduled, according to the Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET).
After 66 members voted in support of the strike, the industrial action was approved during the union’s National Governing Council meeting.
KUPPET said in a news release on Sunday that they had gathered to discuss the status of the countrywide teachers’ strike. Following the government’s failure to resolve members’ issues prior to the Strike Notice expiring, the strike will proceed as planned.
“To discuss the latest developments surrounding the nationwide teachers’ strike that is set to begin on Monday, August 26, 2024, the KUPPET National Governing Council convened today. The meeting decided to move forward with the strike starting on Monday, August 26, because there has been no progress in resolving the members’ complaints by the time our strike notice expires, according to a portion of the statement.
The teachers’ union also made it clear that until their complaints are resolved, it will organize its members to vehemently defend their rights.
KUPPET claims that the strike is a means of addressing the long-standing grievances of underpaid, overworked, and demotivated teachers. The union is lobbying for increased funding and better infrastructure for schools in addition to higher compensation for instructors.
KNUT directs teachers to report to work for third term as it withdraws strike notice.
