SUPKEM urges TSC to address shortage of IRE teachers in Muslim schools

SUPKEM’s Rukia Hamisi, Secretary Abdul Masud, and Kendu Muslim Secondary Principal Almada Majina address journalists during awards for top 2025 KCSE candidates. [James Omoro, Standard]

The Supreme Council of Kenya Muslims (SUPKEM) has called on the government to urgently address the acute shortage of Islamic Religious Education (IRE) teachers in Muslim-sponsored secondary and primary schools.

Concerns have emerged in Homa Bay County, where many schools under Islamic sponsorship lack IRE teachers. Kendu Muslim Secondary School in Rachuonyo North Sub-county, for example, has no IRE teacher employed by the Teachers Service Commission (TSC).