SHORTAGE
The country is facing a shortage of 155,000 teachers and which has affected delivery of curriculum in schools.
“Most teachers in secondary schools are overstretched and that is why we need more funds to hire additional staff in order to support free day secondary education,” said Ms Macharia.
TSC has asked to be given Sh16 billion in order to hire 68,000 interns and another Sh10 billion to give 20,000 teachers permanent jobs.
Ms Macharia said primary schools are short of 40,972 teachers while the secondary ones are grappling with a shortfall of 63,849.
The campaign to achieve a 100 per cent transition rate from primary to secondary schools has also created the need for some 50,789 more teachers for four years.
“To date, the commission has in its register 291, 785 teachers who are unemployed. This figure outweighs the total shortage of teachers in the public institutions,” said Ms Macharia.
Courtesy of Daily Nation
