The Kenya National Teachers Union (KNUT) has vowed to go on with the planned strike unless the government addresses their demands.
Speaking at the Kenya National Examination Council during the release of last year’s Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) results on Monday, KNUT officials said they plan to go ahead with the planned strike unless the government listens to the teachers.
The secretary general of KNUT, Wilson Sossion, maintained that the notice for the strike to kick off on Monday is on.
“We will not be detered in our quest to have teachers' demands addressed by the government,” said Sossion.
The secretary general asked parents not to pay school fees for first term next year, saying that no teacher will be in class.
Sossion said that the planned strike will be the ‘mother’ of all strikes ever called by the teachers' union.
“Parents and students should keep of schools and class rooms starting Monday 5th, January 2015,” he said.
KNUT’s hard stand came as Education CS Jocob Kaimenyi called for dialogue over the salary matters.
Kaimenyi said that the government is open to dialogue over the issues being raised by teachers.
The CS, however, asked teachers to be considerate, saying that students are the ones who will suffer.
This comes as Naivasha legislator John Kihagi called for dialogue between the government and teachers.
Kihagi told reporters that teachers' issues should be tackled to prevent the strike that could see learning paralysed in public schools across the country