CONTRACTS
However, TSC says that, with the signing of the CBA, which came into operation on July 1, 2017, the three schemes of service became obsolete.
It now wants parties to adopt career progression guidelines to safeguard all gains enjoyed by teachers under the CBA. Alternatively, the commission proposes that the promotion of teachers be reverted to the provisions of the schemes of service, which could mean salary conversion tables will revert to old scales and the appointment of administrators abolished.
On transfers, TSC says it has the constitutional mandate to move teachers, who entered into individual contracts to serve anywhere in the country with it.
“In exercise of its functions, the commission is currently reviewing the appeals and analysing each in its merit. Consequently, some transfers have been reversed and the affected teachers informed accordingly,” says TSC.
The commission now wants transfers of head teachers who are not officials of Knut to continue in accordance with the provisions of the code of regulations, but argues that retention of Knut officials who are administrators is contrary to the law.
Therefore, it argues, all head teachers who are Knut officials should exit the teaching service, or, if they wish to continue teaching, resign from their posts in the union.
However, Knut says that, “while a teacher is employed to teach, the commitment to duty does not take away other rights, including participation and offering oneself for an elective position”.
Mr Sossion says TSC has misled the committee that it is illegal and unlawful to have union officials as administrators.
