The government has some good news for teachers and students! They're planning to hire 20,000 more teachers by July to help with the shortage we have now. Ezekiel Machogu, who works for the government in education, said this when he visited a school in Bungoma County. He told everyone there that since 2022, they've already hired over 50,000 teachers, which is a lot!
Mr. Machogu said, "We've hired a record 56,750 teachers since we started, and we have money to hire 20,000 more this year." He really wants to make sure schools have enough teachers for all the students. This is important because having enough teachers makes learning better for everyone.
One member of the government, Mary Emase, also talked about this. She thinks that giving teachers more support and recognition will help students do better in school. The principal of the school they visited also talked about how they really need more teachers. Right now, they only have 40 teachers from the government, but they need around 65 to teach all the students properly.
The Teachers Service Commission (TSC), the teachers’ employer, nevertheless has thousands of unemployed teachers.
The TSC stated in February that it was in talks with the Ministry of Labor and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, among other partners, to find employment for tutors abroad, in response to calls for improving the local teacher-student ratio.
Then, TSC Director of Legal Calvin Anyuor stated that it would be wise to secure possibilities elsewhere for Kenya’s oversupply of teachers.
We have an excess of teachers in the nation, thus we have begun collaborating with important parties to export the teaching resource. In order to send our teachers to teach English in Germany, we are working with the Ministry of Labor, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and other pertinent government organizations,” Anyuor stated.
