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.
Appearing before the National Assembly Constitutional Implementation Oversight Committee, Macharia told MPs that the lack of funds to hire teachers had led to a teacher's shortage in public schools, consequently inhibiting on the children's right to access basic quality education as enshrined under article 43 of the constitution. "The teachers' shortage currently stands at 98,261 and that includes Junior Secondary School (JSS) teachers.
This number is however anticipated to rise next year after the roll out of senior schools.
