TSC: We need Sh70b to hire 98,461 teachers

Teachers' Service Commission (TSC) CEO Nancy Macharia before the National Assembly's Committee on Education at the Bunge Towers ,Nairobi .April 15th,2024. [Elvis Ogina, Standard ]

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) needs Sh70 billion to recruit 98,461 teachers for both junior secondary and high school in order to address the current shortage, the Senate heard yesterday.

Chief Executive Nancy Macharia, who appeared before the Senate National Cohesion and Equal Opportunities Committee, denied claims that the commission had failed in its recruitment role, leaving it to politicians to dish out employment letters in villages.