QUALIFICATIONS
According to the plan, TSC had 317,069 teachers on its payroll as of last June in 30,892 schools.
“These include 217,291 teachers serving in 22,263 public primary schools and 99,778 teachers serving in 8,629 public post-primary institutions. The learner population served by these teachers stands at 8,071,662 in the public primary schools and 2,761,769 at the public post-primary school level,” the plan said.
The TSC says many teachers have left the service due to slow pace of promotion, aggravating the staffing crisis.
Teachers’ unions have been pushing for promotion of teachers who have acquired higher academic qualifications. Data from the commission indicates that 54,702 teachers have upgraded their education.
The commission has indicated that it will be placing newspaper adverts for competitive positions up for promotion, whose number the union puts at 20,000 in secondary schools.
