More than 2,000 teachers presented the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) with their application letters after the advertisement of 900 jobs in Wajir County.
More than half of the applicants are seeking jobs in primary schools.
The application comes at a time when leaders and locals have continued to elicit mixed reactions following the transfer of non-local teachers from the county over insecurity.
The commission requires that one should be a Kenyan citizen, registered as a teacher, aged 45 years and below, possess original professional and academic certificates before applying for the job.
According to Chief executive officer, Nancy Macharia 585 teachers are expected to be posted in primary schools while 315 to secondary schools.
On his part, Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) Secretary-General Wilson Sossion wants the process stopped until further notice. He further said that the plight of the teachers should never be ignored under any circumstances.
“The region should allow their own children to train as teachers. If there are no candidates, the Ministry of Education should reduce college entry grade,” said Mr. Sossion.
A number of teachers were forced to camp at the education ministry’s office pleading to be transferred over security concerns in the region.