Teachers want to be employed as interns

The standoff between the Government, the Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) and the Kenya Union of Post-Primary Teachers (Kuppet) is not fuelled by genuine concern for teachers.

The teachers currently plying their trade in private schools have continued to be exploited without either Knut or Kuppet raising a finger. They are paid peanuts and work under extremely difficult conditions.

Some are forced to live within the schools in dilapidated houses and have no private life. They are monitored on an hourly basis and are constantly threatened with the sack.