Primary head teachers ask government to introduce volunteer teachers

Primary head teachers follow proceedings during the first day in their conference at Sheikh Zayed School in Mombasa. [PHOTO: BONIFACE OKENDO/STANDARD]

MOMBASA, KENYA: Primary schools heads are calling on the Government to introduce volunteer teachers' programme to bridge teacher shortage in the country.

Currently, there is a shortfall of 90,000 teachers in public schools and the headteachers warned Monday that the gap could widen further because of the rise in enrolment and improvement in retention and transition rates in schools.