In the next three years, the government is required to employ 36,804 teachers in order to achieve success in the implementation of the full transition from primary to secondary school.
This was made clear by a report from the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) that was tabled on Monday before the National Assembly Education Committee.
The said policy is aimed at ensuring that every student that sits primary school examinations is able to join secondary school regardless of their background.
This is an improvement of the previous situation where some students dropped out of secondary school for different reasons.
This plan augers perfectly with the global initiative that requires every child to have access to at least twelve years of learning.
In estimation, over 200,000 Kenyan students fail to proceed with their studies after finishing primary school every year.
The new policy will ensure that these numbers are reduced and eventually eliminated.
“The replacement of teachers who exit service ensures learners are not left unattended. The policy of the commission is to ensure continuity in the teaching and learning process,” said TSC chief executive Nancy Macharia.
This policy has placed TSC in a tight position as it strives to recruit more teachers when there is a constrained budget and teachers are demanding for better pay.
Due to the fact that the implementation of the policy comes at a time when the roll-out of a new curriculum is underway, the need for more teachers is unavoidable.