MP Ndindi Nyoro wants TSC to set dates for JSS teachers' permanent employment

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has been challenged to come out clearly on the confirmation of Junior Secondary Schools (JSS) intern teachers into permanent and pensionable terms.

Speaking in Aldai Constituency in Nandi during a Form Four motivation talk and prayers, National Assembly Budget and Appropriation Committee Chairperson and Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro said the government had allocated Ksh.18.7 billion for the employment of 46,000 JSS teachers.

The committee chairman now wants TSC to provide clarity on the confirmation dates and desist from shifting target dates.

"TSC, please give official communication on when you will confirm the JSS intern teachers into permanent and pensionable terms so that they can actually know and budget on the date," Nyoro said.

At the same event, the issue of funding for higher education was canvassed with leaders asking the government to review the model that they say is disadvantageous to needy students.

The leaders also used the opportunity to express their heartfelt condolences following a tragic incident at Hillside Endarasha Academy in Nyeri, where 18 pupils were killed in an inferno and called for a thorough investigation into the cause of the blaze.

"The government has begun investigations. The state is competent enough to be able to unravel what actually happened. I'd like to pass my sincere condolences to the Hillside Endarasha Academy fraternity," said Nyoro.