The government through Teachers Service Commission has been urged to retool the P1 teachers in primary section to handle crisis of teacher shortage in the junior secondary schools (JSS) which remains a mirage in actualization of CBC program.
Speaking at Amagoro after induction of Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) school representatives, KNUT National second vice chairperson Aggrey Namisi noted that the current student teachers ration in JSS was nightmare which can only be addressed by incorporating primary teachers who are the majority where JSS is domiciled. "Our JSS learners are not getting the quality teaching are required due to acute shortage.
This is despite efforts by government to employ 50,000 teachers," said Namisi.
He added that, "This problem of one JSS teacher handling 8 subjects is unrealistic and must be addressed immediately if we want to save the future of our learners." Either Namisi urged the TSC to incooperate P1 teachers who had training in a number of subjected and are more exposed to wider coverage as opposed to university graduates who specialized on specific subjects. "You will find English-Literature teacher being asked to handle chemistry or physics practices, this is unrealistic and one way of crippling the education of our learners," he added.
