Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Migos has announced that the government is working on policies to harmonise disparities in hardship allowances for teachers in regions facing tough working conditions, including Taita Taveta, Mombasa, Kwale, Tharaka Nithi, and Makueni counties.
Speaking during the launch of 16 NG-CDF-funded classrooms which were constructed under the patronage of the area MP at Mbauro and Mghambonyi comprehensive schools in Wundanyi Constituency, Taita Taveta County, Migos assured stakeholders that the government is keen to address disparities in the recognition of hardship areas. "We have already made the policies and we have listed the areas that require to be harmonised so that your neighbour is not declared hardship and then you, who live in the same area, you are not considered in getting hardship allowances.
So, as we speak, that proposal is being handled," he stated.
He further noted that the ministry will fast-track the process and employ affirmative action in regions where challenges are more pronounced. "We have agreed that we shall isolate those areas so that we can fast-track and do an affirmative action so that we can be able to rectify," said the CS.
