It’s slugfest in Migori as rival factions of teachers’ union leaders go for each other’s jugular
The 2-6-3-3-3 education system, introduced in 2017, created Junior Secondary (Grades 7-9) as a distinct level. However, when Grade 7 learners joined in 2023, the government placed them in primary schools due to a lack of infrastructure and funding.
Teachers demand confirmation of 20,000 Junior Secondary School interns in Lamu, decry poor conditions
Speaking in Lamu on Monday Septembr 29, 2025, following a Lamu KUPPET branch members meeting in Mpeketoni, Sofia Njagi, a Hindi Town based JSS teacher, called on the government to speed up the process of confirming the JSSS intern teachers whom she said have overloaded work-plans with some going as far as having 37 lessons weekly due teachers shortage.
