TSC Latest Updates On Recruitment Of 20000 Teachers
TSC Latest Updates On Recruitment Of 20000 Teachers
In an attempt to reduce the burden of teaching Grade 9 children, the government plans to hire 20,000 additional teachers by 2025.
During a speech in Bungoma, Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu of the Ministry of Education declared that eighth-graders in elementary schools will be advancing to the ninth grade.
He emphasized that Sh3.4 billion in conditional funding will allow for the construction of 6,000 classrooms before the year is out.
The National Government-Constituency Development Fund (NG-CDF) and the national government worked closely together to design this project.
Machogu continued by saying that the World Bank has given the government Sh9 billion to construct an extra 9,000 elementary school classrooms.
Thanks to this increased money, 15,015 classrooms will be able to be built by the end of the year. The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) intends to hire 20,000 teachers, emphasizing Grade 9 instruction.
Additionally, Machogu said that the Grade 9 curriculum materials have been finalized by the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD), and the process of making these educational resources available to the general public is almost complete.
Social media rumors that all Grade 9 classes would be moved to secondary schools for the next academic year were denied by Machogu.
Additionally, he refuted allegations that he gave the Kenya National Examinations Council (Knec) the authority to develop the Grade 8 Kenya Primary Placement Examination (KEPPE) in order to place pupils in Grade 9.
He restated that there has been no change to the current system and that the rumor that a new test will be introduced by November of this year is untrue.
The CS refuted false claims that the State was trying to transfer Grade 9 teachers and pupils to secondary schools in order to implement the competency-based curriculum.
According to a fake circular, junior secondary school teachers would be moved from elementary schools to high schools to handle classes 9, 10, 11, and 12, which would have an impact on these instructors.
There is a severe teacher shortage in junior secondary schools, according to TSC, which highlights the pressing need for planned hiring to provide sufficient staffing and the successful execution of instructional activities.
