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Fresh battle over plans to hire 18,000 interns

Teacher Vivian Ruto with her pupils during a class session at Namudet Nursery School in Loyamorok ward in Tiaty, Baringo County, on October 9, 2017. [File, Standard]

A fresh battle looms between teachers and the Government over plans to hire 18,000 interns in public schools.

The unions claim the Ministry of Education has proposed the hiring of intern teachers early next year when free secondary education will be rolled out in fulfillment of the Jubilee government's 2017 election pledges.

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