TSC to Hire 30k Teachers Starting January 2023, William Ruto Announces
TSC to Hire 30k Teachers Starting January 2023, William Ruto Announces
- President William Ruto said the government would start employing teachers from January next year
- The president said the first phase will see the government employ 30,000 teachers on permanent and pensionable terms
- In all phases, the government plans to employ 116,000 teachers in order to bridge the existing gap in schools
President William Ruto has said his Kenya Kwanza administration will employ 30,000 teachers across the country beginning January next year as one way of tackling the shortage of teachers in schools.
During the official opening of Komarock South Primary School in Embakasi Central, the head of state said this will be the first phase of absorbing more than 116,000 teachers.
“I understand that we have a huge shortage of teachers in the country. And we agreed that during the elections that we will consistently and deliberately reduce the gap between the number of teachers in the school and those supposed to be in the school,
“Beginning in January, we are going to begin phase one. We will recruit 30,000 teachers. We are going to recruit both permanent and pensionable as well as those on an internship basis,” Ruto said on Wednesday, October 12
The president pledged that his government will work with the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF) to upgrade school infrastructure.
Ruto argued that the move will help children have a better learning environment and gain skills to prosper.
