Secondary school crisis looming, with several staff members facing job losses.
After the government took a significant step to implement the new curriculum, a huge crisis that will result in the termination of multiple secondary school teachers and non-teaching personnel is about to arise in more than 10,000 secondary schools across the nation.
This is anticipated to happen as a result of the government’s financial reductions as it updates the national curriculum.
After the current form four pupils complete their final KCSE year, secondary schools won’t be able to admit form one children, creating a budgetary gap.
The idea to transfer the junior high school year to a secondary school has not been well received by the Ministry of Education (MoE).
This indicates that there will likely be fewer students enrolled in secondary schools starting the next year.
The stakeholders in education have thus cautioned schools that employ more employees than students that they may have to contemplate layoffs of both teaching and non-teaching staff.
The move is expected to have an impact on a number of teachers who hold contracts with the Board of Management (BoM) as well as support personnel, according to Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) Coliins Oyuu, secretary general.
Over a million students are registered for the 2024 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exam, and it is anticipated that they would leave a sizable gap.
Given the aforementioned circumstances, it is possible that a number of secondary educational institutions will need to reorganize in order to handle the impending crisis.
Therefore, in order to avoid regrets down the road, secondary school teachers employed by the Board of Management (Bom) should seize the opportunity presented by the much anticipated July 2024 recruitment.
In order to fill the existing shortage of junior secondary teachers, the government, through cabinet secretary Ezekiel Machogu of the ministry of education, declared earlier this week that it will hire 20,000 additional instructors.
Simultaneously, the government disclosed its intentions to confirm instructors who will finish their second year of internship by December with effect from January 2025.
Secondary school crisis looming, with several staff members facing job losses.
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