The Kenya Primary School Headteachers Association (Kepsha) has opposed plans to conduct a nationwide teachers strike called by the Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) beginning September 1st.
Knut Secretary-General Wilson Sossion warned that both primary and secondary school teachers will paralyze learning across the country by participating in a strike if thorn cases of performance appraisals and development, complaints on promotion of teachers and mass transfer of teachers are not addressed by the employer, the Teachers Service Commission (TSC).
According to Kepsha chairperson Shem Ndolo, issues raised by Sossion can be addressed through meetings and not a nationwide strike.
Speaking ahead of the Kepsha conference at Sheikh Zayed Centre in Nyali, Mombasa, Ndolo indicated primary school teachers will not be part of a strike whose purpose has not been made clear.
"When you are talking about issues of de-localisation and appraisal, things which have been in place for the past two years, are we really genuine in our calls for strike? Let them sit on the table and try to resolve the matter. If talks fail, then we might rethink our stance and support the strike," Ndolo said on Sunday.
The move comes after Kepsha counterparts, Kenya Secondary School Headteachers Association (KeSSHA) through its chairperson Kahi Indimuli opposed the planned strike, saying it will hurt learning and the entire education at the time when candidates will be seating for both KCPE and KCSE exams.
Sossion and TSC are slated for a meeting about the matter on August 21.
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