The Commission is seeking to fill 4,000 new vacancies on permanent and pensionable terms for secondary school teachers and another 1,000 promotion posts for primary school teachers. The 4,000 posts are meant to support the 100 percent transition from primary to secondary schools.
The Commission looking forward to fill another 5,474 vacancies for primary and 1,100 vacancies for secondary schools to replace teachers who have exited service.
Those recruited will report to their new schools in January next year, 2020.
BARINGO COUNTY RECRUITMENT SCHEDULE SEPTEMBER 2020
In Baringo County, recruitment for secondary school teachers will be done between September 17 and 21, 2020.
Kakamega county has the highest teacher shortage in the country. This is according to the latest data provided by the Teachers Service Commission, TSC. The Western region county, Kakamega, needs about 3,544 more teachers in order to attain its curriculum based establishment (CBE).
Bungoma county, also from the western region, has a shortfall of 2,813 teachers while Bomet county (from the Rift Valley region) requires an extra 2,813 tutors.
Kirinya county (in the central region) has the lowest teacher deficit as it requires only 30 more teachers.
TSC says primary schools currently have a total of 211,046 teachers out of the required number of 259,219. This gives a shortfall of 48,173 teachers in the whole country.
Table: Staffing gaps for primary school teachers per county
S/NO
COUNTY
TEACHER SHORTAGE
2
Kakamega county
3,544
7
Bungoma county
2,813
9
Bomet county
2,813
8
West Pokot county
2,489
10
Narok county
2,272
12
Homa Bay county
1,897
13
Turkana county
1,762
14
Kwale county
1,571
15
Migori county
1,495
16
Nandi county
1,441
17
Siaya county
1,438
18
Makueni county
1,398
19
Busia county
1,381
20
Mandera county
1,125
21
Kajiado county
1,000
22
Kisumu county
969
23
Baringo county
907
24
Machakos county
897
25
Kisii county
848
26
Wajir county
847
27
Trans Nzoia county
844
28
Vihiga county
762
29
Kericho county
727
30
Meru county
705
31
Garissa county
687
32
Tana River county
462
33
Marsabit county
460
34
Murang’a county
423
35
Embu county
367
36
Elgeyo Marakwet county
347
37
Tharaka Nithi county
336
38
Nyandarua county
329
39
Nyeri county
321
40
Samburu county
315
3
Laikipia county
241
4
Mombasa county
229
5
Lamu county
113
6
Isiolo county
78
1
Kirinyaga county
30
In terms of percentage shortfalls, Kirinyaga, Kiambu, Uasin Gishu, Nyeri, Nyandarua, Murang’a, Meru, Laikipia, Isiolo, Elgeyo Marakwet, Embu and Nairobi have the least shortage of teachers. Kakamega, Kitui, Bungoma and Nakuru have the highest percentage shortfalls.
Dr. Nancy Macharia the TSC CEO. She says the country is faced with a shortfall of about 50,000 primary school teachers.
The commission says it has become difficult to address the teething gaps due to budgetary constraints. The commission has since started employing teachers on internships (alongside those on permanent and pensionable terms) to try and address the shortages. This is because lesser funds are required to enlist teachers’ services under the internship programme as opposed to the permanent and pensionable terms. The redeployment of teachers from primary to secondary schools has further created staffing gaps in the primary schools.
