TSC receives Sh2.5 billion to employ 5,000 more teachers

Teachers Service Commission CEO Nancy Macharia during the Kenya Primary Schools Head Teachers Association (KEPSHA) 13th annual delegates conference at Sheikh Zayed Centre in Mombasa. [Gideon Maundu/Standard]

The Government is recruiting 5,000 teachers to ease pressure on secondary schools that have admitted more Form One students this year.

Teachers Service Commission (TSC) Chief Executive Officer Nancy Macharia said the teachers would give a further boost to schools following record enrolment in secondary schools.