Amid the looming strike, the Teachers Service Commission now plans to recruit additional tutors to handle the crisis.
According to Citizen Digital, the thousands of teachers will be employed on a temporary basis in the event the Wednesday nationwide strike takes place.
CEO Nacy Macharia has ordered the directorate to review the data of 290, 000 teachers who are unemployed.
The process will entail retrieving their contact details and graduation year.
TSC will contact the tutors through the bulk SMS service on short notice.
KNUT has directed teachers not to report to work until TSC gives in to their demands.
According to Secretary General Wilson Sossion, TSC should stop delocalisation of teachers and promote over 30, 000 teachers who have qualified.
Session has maintained that the industrial action will go on.