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Learning activities will be disrupted across the country should teachers make good their threat to down their tools.
Schools are slated to reopen for the third term on Monday, August 26.
A trio of unions were meeting with the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) on Wednesday, August 21, to resolve the impasse, but their efforts hit a snag.
The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT), Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET), and Kenya Union of Special Needs Education Teachers (KUSNET) resolved to undertake the nationwide strike beginning Monday.
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The unions did not accept the government's offer to honour only one of the six major demands.
The TSC committed to avail funds to facilitate the implementation of the 2021-2025 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), which the unions had earlier said did not have monetary gains for teachers.
Other demands by teachers include the remittance of loans and NSSF contributions, the promotion of over 100,000 teachers and the release of benefits entitled to the educators.
Despite the hard stance of the teachers, the employer announced to commit to reviewing the career progression guidelines of teachers, remittance of third-party deductions, enabling teachers to access both public and private hospitals under the Teachers Medical Scheme, provision of resources for retooling of teachers for the implementation of CBC and promoting 51,232 teachers under competitive promotions and a further 20,000 annually on common cadre.
The meeting between the teachers' employer and the unions came after President William Ruto directed the relevant agencies to avert the strike.
Should the strike go on, it would be another instance of this year's academic calendar being disrupted.
The second term reopening was postponed on two occasions due to heavy rains and subsequent flooding across the country.
The regular date for the reopening had been set on Monday, April 29, which was pushed to May 6 and later May 13.
Proofreading by Otukho Jackson, a multimedia journalist and copy editor at TUKO.co.ke
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