Africa-Press – Kenya. President William Ruto has said he will table a proposal before Members of Parliament to hire 20,000 teachers this year.
Ruto said education is an equaliser, adding that every child in the country ought to get educated.
“This year I will take a proposal to Parliament. I want the MPs to hold discussions so we can employ 20,000 more teachers to educate our children,” he said.
The Head of State said no class ought to miss a teacher. Ruto spoke on Sunday during a church service in Teso South, Busia county.
Further, he said the government will hire 2,000 more teachers for TVET institutions.
“We hired 56,000 teachers to educate our children. We are announcing the hiring of 2,000 more teachers for TVET institutions across the country,” he said.
“We will hire more teachers to educate our children so that no class will lack a teacher. That is the commitment we are making to our people.”
The President said he would work to fix any issue in the education sector.
He said the importance of education cannot be underscored.
In 2023, 56, 000 JSS teachers were employed. Only 10,000 were given permanent and pensionable terms while the rest were employed on contract as interns.
Additionally, Ruto ordered school heads to allow pupils and students to undertake studies irrespective of whether they have paid tuition or not.
Ruto said the government has already released money for capitation and it is ‘immoral’ for school heads to continue harassing parents and students over nonpayment of tuition.
“We released Sh62 billion in January to educate our learners. But even after this development there are school heads telling parents to pay school fees because the government has not released money for schools,” Ruto said.
“We know the importance of education and we want all our children to go to school. Managers of institutions should stop taking advantage of the vulnerability of our people to force parents pay school fees in the pretext that the government has not released money.”
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