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Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT)

Wilson Sossion Appointed CAS

Join Our Telegram Group Former Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) Secretary-General Wilson Sossion is among those who President William Samoei Ruto has appointed Chief of Administrative Secretaries (CAS). Wilson Sossion has been appointed CAS to the Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Heritage where he will work alongside Hon. Rehema Dida Jaldesa. The Ministry of […]

TSC Told to Cancel Recruitment of Teachers over Irregularities

A Member of Parliament (MP) and some applicants for teaching jobs in Machakos County have urged the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to cancel the recruitment process due to alleged irregularities. Yatta MP Robert Basil has implored the TSC Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr Nancy Macharia to intervene and repeat the exercise of recruitment to ensure […]

TSC Set to Review 2021-2025 CBA for July’s Salary Increment

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) is set to review the 2021-2025 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) that it signed together with the main teachers’ unions. The main teachers’ unions that signed the 2021-2025 CBA are the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT), the Kenya Union of Post-Primary Teachers (KUPPET) and the KEWOTA. The Commission wants around […]

Teachers’ Unions Call for Review of Career Progression Guidelines

Teachers’ unions have united in the call for a review of the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) Career Progression Guidelines (CPG). The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) Secretary-General Collins Oyuu has said that the CPG has caused a lot of stagnation among teachers and that while they renegotiate the 2021-2025 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), they […]

KNUT Implores the Government to Hasten Posting of JSS Teachers

The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) has called on the Ministry of Education to hasten the process of posting Junior Secondary School (JSS) teachers for the sake of Grade 7 learners. KNUT through the Eldoret East Branch Executive Sammy Bor said that since JSS began reporting to schools at the end of January they […]

Machogu on JSS Teacher Shortage amid Other Challenges

The Cabinet Secretary for Education Ezekiel Machogu has addressed fears of junior secondary school headteachers worrying about the delay in the deployment of Grade Seven teachers. CS Machogu held a press conference in Nairobi on the 6th of February where Machogu where he assured members of the public that the government had recruited enough teachers […]

KNUT wants TSC to Lower Teachers’ Requirement for Employment to C (Plain)

The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) has implored the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to do some adjustments in the recruitment of teachers. KNUT has urged the Commission to lower the requirement for the hiring of teachers from C+ (Plus) to C (plain). According to the teachers’ union, most teachers who have completed their training […]

KNUT Pressuring TSC over Deployment of JSS Teachers

The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) has urged the government to act immediately to deploy teachers to Junior Secondary Schools (JSSs) across the country. According to reports, most of the pioneer Grade 7 learners under the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) are yet to begin learning three days after they officially joined the JSS. KNUT is […]