Teachers' unions fury over 68,000 new jobs

A teacher sprints as she takes pupils at Xaverian primary school in Kisumu through physical Education (P.E) lesson on February 21, 2018. [Photo by Denish Ochieng/Standard]

 Teachers and their employer are headed for a confrontation following a decision to recruit 68,000 interns.

Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has already requested the National Assembly to allocate Sh16 billion to hire the contract teachers in July to ease a growing shortage of the tutors.