The Teachers’ Service Commission (TSC) is expected to hire 11,000 new teachers in July.
TSC Chairperson Dr Nancy Macharia has announced that new teachers will be employed across the country to address the shortage of educators. As enrolment increases, there is need for more teachers to be hired to meet the increased workload.
Education CS Dr George Magoha had earlier announced that all students who successfully sat for KCPE this year will get placement in secondary school. This creates a high demand for teachers, which can only be met by hiring new employees at secondary and primary school level.
The TSC was allocated KES 2.5 billion in the recently released budget to hire new teachers. Consequently, the teachers’ employer has started plans for the mass recruitment of teachers starting from July.
Among the 11,000 new teachers, 6,000 will be employed on internship terms while 5,000 of them will be hired on permanent and pensionable basis.
Since the 100% transition programme began, the government has been committed to the recruitment of teachers every year to fill the rising gap. However, the number of students graduating with a Bachelor’s Degree of P1 Certificate every year is so huge that it becomes difficult for government to absorb all teachers into the TSC’s payroll.
Announcing the plan to hire new teachers, Nancy Macharia noted that the government is dedicated to the implementation of the existing Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) between the commission and teachers’ unions. According to the chairperson of TSC, teachers’ salaries are now at parity with other civil servants.
Unemployed teachers now have a reason to be hopeful, at least. But the struggle continues. Best of lack potential candidates!
