JSS tutors agree to call off strike after union, employer reach deal

KUPPET Secretary General Akelo Misori (centre). Misori said the teachers will be hired on permanent status by July 1. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

After three weeks of strike, junior secondary school teachers (JSS) have agreed to return to work on Monday.

This follows a return to work agreement signed between JSS and the Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) leadership in Nairobi yesterday.