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Collins Oyuu

KNUT Wants C (Plain) Teachers to be posted in Secondary Schools

Join Our Telegram Group The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) wants the Teachers Service Commission to consider deploying teachers who attained grade C (Plain) in their national examinations to secondary schools. Currently, the Commission only recruits candidates who attained grade C+ to teach in secondary schools. KNUT Secretary-General Collins Oyuu lauded the government’s move […]

TSC: Teachers Aged 56 Years and Above To Work In Their Home Areas

Join Our Telegram Group The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has revealed that considerations are in place regarding the delocalization program. Part of those considerations is to allow teachers aged 56 years or older to work in their home counties. Besides, their spouses are to be stationed in stations that are near the schools where those […]

KNUT wants a 60% Salary Increase for Teachers

Join Our Telegram Group In the implementation of the 2021-2025 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) has revealed that it will ‘fight’ for a pay rise of 60% for teachers in all job grades. KNUT Secretary-General Collins Oyuu was speaking in Kisumu where he disclosed that some teachers had stayed […]

This Is When Delocalized School Heads Will Be Re-Routed/swapped

The abolishment of the Teachers Service Commission’s (TSC) delocalization by President William Ruto’s administration has given optimism to heads of institutions that they will be finally back in their home counties soon. However, despite the abolishment, it will take longer for heads of institutions across the country to be transferred back to their home counties. […]

KNUT Wants 60% Payrise for Teachers

The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) has defended their proposal of a 60 per cent salary increment for teachers in its ongoing push for the review of the 2021-2025 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). Speaking to the media on Monday the 17th of October 2022 at the Kenya Institute of Special Education (KISE) in Nairobi […]

Magoha on KCPE and KCSE National Examinations

The outgoing Cabinet Secretary for Education Prof George Magoha has assured that the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) and the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) national examinations will start on November 28. CS Magoha assured the candidate on Monday while at the Kerugoya Catholic Church grounds in Kirinyaga during the post-World Teachers’ Day […]

KNUT Asks Government to Involve All Stakeholders of Education in CBC Taskforce

The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) has asked the government to include all stakeholders of education in the Competence-Based Curriculum (CBC) taskforce that is set for Commissioning. The CBC taskforce is set to undertake a comprehensive review of the CBC and address concerns of all stakeholders regarding the new system of education. KNUT’s Secretary […]

Collins Oyuu Pledges Support for TPD amid Opposition from Teachers

The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) current Secretary-General Collins Oyuu has come forward and pledged his support for TSC’s TPD programme. However, many teachers have been venting their frustrations over the TPD and are not in support of the move with a yearly stipend of Sh. 6,000 for the training stressing the already cash-strapped […]

TSC to Return Teachers Back to KNUT and Resume Union Deductions

Just a day or so gone after the Kenya National Teachers Union (KNUT) Secretary-General Wilson Sossion resigned from his position, more information has emerged regarding the future of the teachers union after consistent frustrations from the government. “I have therefore today decided that in the interest of KNUT, its membership, and myself I hereby honorably […]

KNUT Sets Date for Elections as Oyuu Faces Sossion for Secretary-General Post

The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) has finally set the date for its national elections. On Saturday, current KNUT secretary-general Wilson Sossion bowed to pressure and called for a meeting of the top executive members of the union at their Headquarters in Nairobi’s Mfangano Street. A team of 44 National Executive Committee (NEC) members […]

Rift Valley Delegates Officially Endorse Collins Oyuu to Challenge Sossion

Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) Secretary-General Wilson Sossion’s competition is on the rise as teachers’ representatives from the Rift Valley endorsed Collins Oyuu to dislodge Sossion in the coming union elections. Teachers from 21 out of the total 25 branches in the Rift Valley Region backed Mr. Collins Oyuu unanimously. Mr. Collins Oyuu is […]