TSC’s plan to recruit over 6,000 teachers.
TSC job openings, In an effort to address a serious shortage, the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) plans to place some 6,000 teachers in Special Needs Education (SNE) centers.
Some of these teachers were first assigned to SNE facilities and then moved to ordinary schools, which offered better chances for professional progression.
They can now be reassigned to special needs schools, where there has been a decrease in staffing, thanks to a recent agreement between TSC and the Kenya Union of Special Needs Education Teachers (Kusnet).
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These teachers will be deployed in three stages, the first of which will include 1,750 educators and begin in the second term.
An additional 2,000 teachers will be allocated in subsequent deployments, which are slated for December. A final phase will involve 347 teachers who were initially part of the SNE system but later transferred to ordinary schools.
Peter Sitienei, chairman of Kusnet, states that this action should improve the standard of instruction in special needs schools.
As of right now, 38 secondary schools and 300 elementary schools specialize in serving students with special needs and disabilities.
In order to free up their time to attend exclusively to the needs of students with special needs, Sitienei stressed the significance of releasing instructors working in special units within ordinary schools from other responsibilities.
In addition, Sitienei promoted the creation of decentralized units for specialized education in every county, emphasizing the necessity of sufficient funding, personnel, and organizational reorganization to guarantee efficient curriculum delivery.
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To help this campaign even more, he urged educators working in conventional schools to think about submitting an application for redeployment to SNE institutions.
TSC has committed to staffing its headquarters with SNE experts and establishing a SNE unit in addition to assigning teachers.
In response to the difficulties special needs schools experience as a result of understaffing and underfunding, the National Assembly Education Committee has called for additional funding for SNE.
In a meeting with Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu, committee members expressed their worries on the appalling circumstances in special needs schools around the nation.
MP Joshua Kandie of Baringo Central drew attention to cases in which some parents were forced to keep their special needs children at home because they could not afford the cost of special education or other services.
Machogu admitted the deficiency in service provision and blamed the national treasury’s underfunding for it.
While Luanda MP Dick Maungu underlined the significance of having enough human resources to improve the living conditions of students in SNE schools, Lugari MP Nabii Nabwera emphasized the necessity of a staffing ratio of one instructor to one learner for individuals with severe disabilities.
All things considered, the effort to assign 6,000 instructors to special needs schools is a big step in the right direction toward resolving the teacher deficit in this field and raising the standard of instruction for Kenyan students with disabilities and special needs.
TSC’s plan to recruit over 6,000 teachers.
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