Teachers must serve where they are posted

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has announced a rationalisation exercise aimed at addressing shortage of teachers in schools in some parts of the country. With this exercise, schools with too many teachers will lose some of these instructors to institutions where staffing levels are inadequate.

Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i has in the past refuted claims of a shortage of teachers as claimed by the Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut), saying the problem lies in deployment and posting. Indeed, Knut insists that the numbers fall short by some 85,000 teachers, which it wants the government to hire.