• Awange said Kuppet has expanded and nobody can take it for granted anymore.
• He said the move to retrain teachers has hurt many of them and must be re-looked into by TSC.
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Kuppet teachers have threatened to disrupt this year's KCSE exams if the agreement that ended their strike is not implemented.
Kisumu Kuppet branch secretary Zablon Awange said they have given the Teachers Service Commission up to November to honour their agreement.
He urged top Kuppet officials to convene a meeting to ensure the full implementation of their agreement with TSC.
“We are giving TSC until November to see to it that all things have been put in place, otherwise teachers are saying they still have another card, which is the KCSE exam,” Awange said.
He said if their agreement is not honoured, then they will disrupt the exams.
Awange said Kuppet has expanded and nobody can take it for granted anymore.
The secretary, who spoke in Kisumu, said the move to retrain teachers has hurt many of them and must be re-looked into by TSC.
“The grievances we have been fighting are very valid and have actually affected the teachers in Kisumu county and their career progression," Awange said.
He said this has made many teachers in Kisumu county to stagnate.
"Kisumu has been worst hit by the career progression guidelines and we as Kuppet, want that thing reviewed or removed all together and we go back to the scheme of service,” Awange said.
He pointed out the scheduled promotion of 51,232 teachers, whose funds the government is yet to release. He said the members of Kuppet will not go to class until they are sure the money has been paid.
Awange also decried that their medical cover was downgraded by TSC, leading to further suffering of teachers.
He said TSC must also comply with their demand of recruiting more junior secondary school teachers.
“Some 46,000 teachers had not been employed and they had gone on strike with the junior secondary teachers, yet the government had proposed their employment,” Awange said.
"When schools opened for third term, this did not happen and TSC brought a new form demanding that JSS interns accept the extension of the internship from the month of June to August and now to December, which is contrary to the agreement and equally illegal."
He said teachers went on strike based on the very concerns, which are still their irreducible minimum.