Maternity perks right but tutors deserve more

Teachers Service Commission CEO Nancy Macharia exchanges 2021-25 CBA documents with Knut boss Collins Oyuu on July 13, 2021. FILE PHOTO | NMG

I have tried to assess the urgent human resource concerns that the recently signed non-monetary collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between Teachers Service Commission (TSC) and teacher unions seek to address but nothing comes beyond the nexus between education and good health.

The 2021-2025 CBA gives the more than 320,000 teachers in Kenyan public schools an extended maternity and paternity leave from 90 to 120 days and from 14 to 21 days, respectively.

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