Kenyatta to meet teachers over pay

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">President Uhuru Kenyatta is scheduled to meet with officials of teachers’ unions andMinistry of Education in a bid to resolve the current education impasse occasioned by the ongoing teachers’ strike.This is the first time President Kenyatta is addressing the strike that has been ongoing for the past two weeks. Hours after touching down in Nairobi from his official visit to Milan, Italy, President Kenyatta has moved to break the impasse that is threatening theeducation system in the country. President Kenyatta, whose office has not spoken about the matter, is expected to meet teachers’ unions and other stakeholders to try to find a middle ground.The issue is already in court with the teachers’ employer TSC seeking to have the strike declared illegal. TSC has written warning letters to 5,000 teachers mainly school heads to show cause as to why they are not performing their duties. On the other hand, KUPPET and KNUT have insisted that the 50-60% salary increment that was awarded to teachers by the court of appeal must be effected for the month of August. A court sitting in Nairobi is set to give a ruling on the case next week.</div>

Kenyatta to meet teachers over pay

President Uhuru Kenyatta is scheduled to meet with officials of teachers’ unions andMinistry of Education in a bid to resolve the current ed...

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Kwara Teachers Give 14-day Ultimatum Before Industrial Actions

<p>Teachers in Kwara State have issued a-14 day ultimatum on the state government to pay the three months salary arrears of their members in the junior and primary school cadres or risk full scale industrial action. </p> <p>The teachers under the aegis of Nigeria Union of Teachers said the ultimatum commenced from 3rd of this month. But the state government is irked at the ultimatum issued on the state government by the teachers as NUT's officials are in the know of the state's and local government area's finances. </p> <p>In a statement, the state chair and secretary of NUT Musa Abubakar and Ola Idris said, <br> "Despite repeated demands and several representations to government, there has not been any positive response from the state government." </p> <p>The teachers at the end of the state's executive council meeting <br> resolved among others, "that the state government should pay all <br> outstanding salaries of primary and junior secondary school teachers of June, July and August without any further delay; that all <br> deductions from teachers' salaries for the aforementioned months <br> should be equally paid without delay; that a-14 day ultimatum is <br> hereby given from 3rd of September, 2015 to the state government to address the issues of primary school teachers, failure of which an industrial action shall be declared; that all well meaning citizens of the state are called upon to prevail on the state government to treat teachers as bona fide citizens of the state by paying them their <br> entitlements; that government should stop polarizing the teachers in the state as the NUT is one and an indivisible union. </p> <p>The union also accused the current government of neglecting the primary school sub-sector in the scheme of things. Reacting to the ultimatum, Senior Special Assistant to Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed on Media and Communications, Dr Muideen Akorede said: <br> "It is surprising that the NUT will issue an ultimatum to the state <br> government, when its officials have always been kept apprised of the state and LG finances especially in light of dwindling allocations. While the responsibility for paying the salary of primary school <br> teachers belongs to Local Government Councils, the state government is doing everything possible to address the issue of LG arrears including <br> teachers'. </p> <p>"The state government recently secured legislative approval to convert all arrears at the local council level into a federal government bailout loan. We also augmented the August allocation to LGs by N800m for payment of salaries. However, the Federal Government is yet to release the N5b bailout loan for local government. </p> <p>"We are hopeful that the Federal Government will release the funds soon so that all LG workers and pensioners will receive their <br> arrears."</p>

Kwara Teachers Give 14-day Ultimatum Before Industrial Actions

Teachers in Kwara State have issued a-14 day ultimatum on the state government to pay the three months salary arrears of their members in th...

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