By Staff Reporter
Fresh storm is looming as over 150,000 teachers in private schools will not be paid salary arrears from the 7 billion shillings state loan.
Schools owe teachers who have not been earning salaries from March when learning institutions were closed to avert the spread of the Covid-19 between Sh. 90,000 to Sh. 120,000 each making it a tall order for the proprietors to channel the loan to salaries.
Speaking to the journalists, Kenya Private Schools Association Chairperson Mutheu Kasanga said that it will be costly to pay the salary arrears from the loan.
According to Kasanga, the money will be used for payment of pending loans and settling utility bills that sets in at the closure of schools in March this year.
On the other hand, Kenya Private Schools Association CEO Peter Ndoro said that teachers and other school workers will be given half salaries or something lower than that.
“We will only give something to sustain them and the rest of the money will be used in infrastructure development in preparation for January reopening,” Ndoro said.
However, panic has taken toll of private school proprietors as it is vivid that money may not get to their accounts soon.
According to Kasanga, private schools are on the rush to participate in the community-based teaching that has just kicked off.
“We are however having talks requesting the money to be processed within 14-21 days,” said Kasanga.
Each school requires approximately Sh. 300,000 for installation of hand washing points and ICT infrastructure in preparation for January reopening.
