Study: Shortage of qualified tutors to teach new syllabus

Charles Ongondo during a lesson at Migori Muslim Primary School. Teachers Service Commission says Sh900 million needed to support training of teachers. [Caleb Kingwara, Standard]

There is a shortage of teachers with requisite skills and ability to implement the Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) in primary schools, a new study has shown.

The study, commissioned by Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut), shows that most schools have only one trained teacher with a learner population of 40-79 pupils per stream and more than one stream from PP1 to Grade Three.