Chepkoilel KNUT Boss Sammy Bor Message to President William Ruto

The Executive secretary of the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) Chepkoilel branch, Sammy Bor, has called upon president William Ruto to now fulfill the promise he made on the Kenya Kwanza education charter of employing 58,000 teachers in his first year in office.

Speaking to the press Bor says lack of teachers leads to low quality of education.

“During the campaign period president William Ruto promised to employ over 58,000 teachers once he take over as president. We urge him to fulfill his promise since as I am talking there is a huge shortage of teachers leading to low quality of education, especially in public schools,” said Bor while speaking to the press.

According to the Teachers Service Commission’s 2021 Annual Report, the teachers’ shortage stood at 99,213 in primary and secondary schools.

“It’s sad that in some schools one teacher teaches over 80 students which is a lot where one teacher is supposed to have at least 40 students, this shows how desperate more teachers are needed.
“Shortage of teachers may in a great way affect the cognitive growth of learners. We believe the president and the teacher’s service commission are already putting up measures to ensure the mass number of unemployed teachers in the country get employment. The charter also states that a similar number will be hired every year and we are looking forward to this,” said Bor.
Bor said the Competence Based Curriculum, commonly referred to as CBC, needs enough workforce to meet its many demands to enable a smooth transition in the education system.
“CBC has fundamentally changed the role of teachers as it is guided by the needs of not only the curriculum but also that of the learners. Great mastery is going to waste as well-trained teachers who attended great training schools lack employment. TSC should put in place logistics that will hasten the employment of these teachers to enable CBC to take shape,” added Bor.
Apart from the 25 billion to be set aside for capitation, teachers training, and recruitment in the marginalized areas, the charter also proposed a lot of goodies including the establishment of a national fund to mobilize grants, scholarships, and bursaries from both private and public sponsors to cater for non-tuition costs.