Kenya: Teachers Reject Contract Jobs

8 September 2011

Teachers have rejected the latest government offer to employ 20,000 tutors on contract and vowed to continue with a nationwide strike that has paralysed learning in public schools since Monday.

Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) Secretary General David Okuta termed the offer an "insult" and a lack of understanding of the issues facing teachers.

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