JSS interns to down tools in January over contract extensions

JSS teachers in Murang'a protests over the government reduction of capitation to learners and failure to employ them on permanent terms. [Boniface Gikandi, Standard]

Junior secondary school intern teachers have declared that they will not renew their internship contracts in January. Their current contracts will expire by the end of this month. This is even as the Teachers Service Commission issued a new circular extending their internship contracts for another year.

The circular, dated November 27, reveals that all serving JSS interns will continue under internship from January 1, 2026, to December 31, just like their counterparts who were confirmed earlier this year.