About 60,000 primary school teachers are not interested in teaching in Junior Secondary Schools.
Teachers Service Commission has employed 30,000 teachers in Junior Secondary Schools (JSS), but is struggling to find teachers in some parts of the country.
A document by TSC, reveals that only 8,367 teachers from primary school had moved to teach in the newly established Junior Secondary Schools.This is despite some 68,671 primary school teachers being qualified to teach in junior school.
The minimum qualification for deployment to JSS is a diploma in Education.
Data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics shows that there are 2,047 teachers with master’s and doctorate degrees.Some 27,324 teachers have bachelor’s degree while 39,300 have diplomas.
The bulk of teachers hold certificates popularly referred to as P1 (primary teacher education). There are at least 152,839 certificate holders but they do not qualify to teach in junior secondary.
TSC explains in the document, that it had observed primary school teachers were not willing to transfer to junior secondary school as the new roles came with little to no benefits.
The document is part of responses by the teachers’ employer to the National Assembly Committee on Education dated July 11.
