Garissa Welcomes Government's Decision To Hire More Teachers For North Eastern Schools

The Teachers Service Commission announced on Monday that it was looking to hire 1,230 teachers from the counties of Garissa, Wajir, and Mandera to fill the deficit in those areas' schools.

KNUT executive secretary, Abdirizack Hussein further urged the Teachers' Service Commission to include all interested parties in the exercise to ensure its success while speaking to the media in Garissa town.

He demanded that the hiring process be expedited so that teachers can be placed as soon as possible.

The TSC is looking to engage teachers on a permanent, contractual (844), and pensionable basis (386). In accordance with a commission circular, 764 of the positions will be for primary schools and the remaining 80 for secondary institutions.

The interested teachers must be residents of one of the three northern counties; Garissa, Mandera, or Wajir.

According to the Garissa KNUT chief, the shortage of secondary and primary school teachers has always had a negative impact on children's academic performance, particularly during national exams.

Since 2014, Al Shabaab terrorists have targeted non-Somalis residents and pushed them to flee the area as they are afraid for their lives.

He further adds that nearly 200 schools in Garissa County, are only administered by the school heads, and no learning takes place in the institution.

“It is our humble appeal to the commission to work with the relevant stakeholders as it embarks on this very important exercise. We are the ones who know the most affected schools that need extra teachers,” said Abdirizack.

Abdirizack pleaded with the commission to be tough when hiring teachers, pointing out that it had become customary for the fresh faces to request transfers as soon as they were accepted by the commission.

He expressed sorrow that insecurity issues in the areas end up negatively impacting the education sector and harming innocent kids.