CS Amina announces School opening date

A day after Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT)  insisted that their strike would take place,Education Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed has announced that schools will reopen tomorrow, despite the threat by the Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) for their strike to begin on the same day.

In a press briefing on Wednesday, Ms Mohamed backed the Teachers Service Commission, which is once again caught up in a dispute with Knut over promotions, transfers, performance contracting and professional development modules.

This comes after Knut Secretary-General Wilson Sossion insisted that their strike would take place.

“The employer is working in bad faith and cannot start playing tricks when we come for conciliation,” he said, adding the absence of TSC officials indicated that it is not committed to roundtable discussions.

The minister said, however, that, “”The government is ready to ensure schools open tomorrow. Schools will open tomorrow despite any threats which have been issued.”

She added, ” The government is fully behind TSC CEO Nancy Macharia on the issues of the strike. The announcement that was made in December still stands. Schools will open tomorrow.”

On December 24, the ministry rescheduled the reopening of schools from January 2 to January 3.

Basic Education Director Elyas Abdi said the extension would allow teachers and learners time to travel to their work station.

 

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