The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) on Monday announced that it had already kickstarted the process of replacing 2,000 teachers interdicted for demanding transfers from North Eastern.
Speaking in Mombasa during the commencement of the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exams, TSC Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Nancy Macharia stated that the new cohort of teachers would be deployed to Mandera, Wajir, and Garissa counties.
The recruitment was necessitated by non-local teachers refusing to report to their workstations in North Eastern citing insecurity.
Macharia noted that to prevent a similar situation from reoccurring, the commission targeted qualified tutors from North Eastern.
“Today, if you are a teacher in Northern Kenya, get a form from a County Education Director and start teaching,” she stated.
The TSC boss further stated that it was only in North Eastern that the teacher recruitment exercise was open.
While Macharia indicated that local teachers would be given priority, she added that qualified tutors from other parts of the country were welcome to apply.
In particular, she noted that there was a shortage of qualified personnel to teach Physics and Islamic Religious Education in the region.
Macharia further remarked that the teachers who had been issued interdiction letters remained suspended for abandoning their duties.
The CEO further noted that the commission was conducting investigations into why the interdicted teachers had demanded transfers from North Eastern stating that due process will be followed in handling their cases.
On October 16, the interdicted teachers held mass protests at TSC headquarters in Upperhill, Nairobi.
They were teargassed by police officers as they demanded an audience with top TSC officials including Macharia, the CEO.
