By OUMA WANZALAMore by this AuthorThe Teachers Service Commission will recruit 2,672 tutors to replace those who left the service in November and December last year. A total of 1,681 primary school teachers and 524 for post primary institutions will be hired to replace those who left in November, while 366 primary and 101 post-primary teachers will replace those who left in December. The aim is to recruit more teachers as the government hopes to achieve the goal of 100 per cent transition from primary to secondary school. FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONThe government wants to hire 50,000 teachers in the coming four years to plug the shortage in secondary schools. It has been under pressure from teachers’ unions and other education stakeholders to recruit tutors before rolling out the free day secondary education.

Source: Daily Nation January 31, 2018 21:33 UTC