The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) will start to recruit Early Childhood Development and Education (ECDE) teachers should President Ruto approve the proposals of the Education Taskforce.
The term of the Presidential Working Party on Education Reforms (PWPER) came to an end yesterday after presenting its final report to the president.
Though the Council of Governors proposed to employ ECDE teachers on permanent terms and pay those with Certificates sh24387, those with Diplomas sh34395, and Graduates sh46,494 per month this is not happening in most counties.
In fact many counties are yet to employ the teachers on permanent terms. This means majority of ECDE teachers are working on contract terms and are paid varying salaries with the term ‘caregivers’ been used to refer to them.
This will be the second attempt to move employment of ECDE teachers to TSC after the initial one was thwarted by the Labour and Relations Court.
The constitution mandates TSC to register trained teachers and also recruit and employ those registered and assign them for service in any public school or institution.
However Schedule 4 of the constitution outlines pre-primary and vocational training as functions of the County Governments.
County governments are mandated to oversee pre-primary education and childcare facilities, including the recruitment of the teachers.
Majority of ECDE teachers however want to be moved from counties payroll, saying it is discriminative and unpredictable.
The team proposed a change in the role of TSC in managing the ECDE teachers once the proposal is adopted.
The team says ECDE teachers with Diplomas should be placed in same job group as P1 teachers and to be paid same salaries and allowances.
A good move if it will succeed…..my opinion though.
A very good move considering how the ECDE in Kenya is underrated and the whole Education system at large. ECDE teachers are the key builders to children’s Foundation therefore alot of effort entailed, as they teach children from scrach. TSC should take the initiative to recruit ECDE teachers and pay them well, as well as all teachers.Its sad to see a whole Diploma being paid less minimum wages both private and public, and fact that most teachers are working under BOM payment,from ECDE to Highschool,that means we have alot of unemployed teachers!! their efforts being used and not appreciated well, so create employment for us,the Kenyan Government!!! Finally,ECDE tuko karibu kupona Lahaulaa!!!
A good move that should work. Considering how the ECDE in Kenya is underrated and the whole education system at large. ECDE teachers are the key builders to children’s foundation therefore alot of effort it entailed as they teach from scratch. TSC should take the initiative to recruit ECDE teachers and pay them well,as well as all teachers. Its sad to see a whole Diploma being paid less minimum wages in both public and private institutions, and fact that most teachers are paid under the BOM from ECDE to highschool, that means we have a large number of unemployed teachers, their efforts being used,taken for granted and not appreciated well, so Kenyan Government create employment for such teachers!! Finally ECDE tuko karibu kupona…Lahaula!!
i agreed with the team proposal ,may our able teachers get the fruits of their hands.
It is a good gesture since counties are corrupt some of us graduated 2011 but up now we are not employed by counties yet we HV all requirements, most counties HV employed unqualified trs through back door cos of corruptions favourism and nepotisim, we are now above age who will hear our cryðŸ˜
Agood move ECDE teachers should be paid well.may God bless the team who has seen the need to pay ECDE teachers.founders are very key people.without ECDE No primary,No JSS,No secondary school.Ready for the changes.
Ecd teachers have been doing good work,transforming child from nothing to something ,they are founders moulding the child who came from home to hold a pencil,they are doing great , even the child who has even finish school he or she remember only ecd teacher is the founder of life.counties delay in payment,ecd teachers earnings little than the others servant in county
Let it be because there has been
fake promises of confirmation yet others are growing older.we are just surviving by the grace of our father in heaven