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Looming crisis as TSC facing a shortage of 98,281 teachers

Teachers' Service Commission (TSC) CEO Nancy Macharia before the National Assembly's Committee on Education at the Bunge Towers, Nairobi. March 4, 2024 [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

The education sector could be headed towards a catastrophe following revelations by the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) that it was faced by a biting shortage of 98,281 teachers.

The commission's Chief Executive Officer Nancy Macharia yesterday also revealed that qualified and trained teachers were inadequate, given the insufficient budgetary allocations for the same.

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