Garissa Deputy Governor Abdi Dagane has asked the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to recruit secondary school leavers as teachers in Garissa.
Dagane said the move is meant to address the shortage of teachers and enhance the quality of education in the county.
Speaking during the launch of education quality dialogues for North Eastern region at Garissa High School, Dagane said that non-local teachers refused to return to work in the region due to concerns over terrorist attacks.
The Deputy Governor said Garissa needs more teachers for the new curriculum to be fully implemented.
“As a county, we cannot speak of achieving quality education before overcoming outstanding challenges among them lack of enough teachers and basic school infrastructure.
By employing teaching personnel like form four leavers we provide the much-needed manpower that is lacking in running our schools,” he said.
He further urged TSC to hire teachers who can work in marginalized regions even if they may not have attained the minimum requirements as stipulated by the Ministry of Education.
“Most of us were taught by class seven leavers and even fellow students during our school days, but we did not turn out as failures. Therefore it is a shame that our pupils remain without teachers, despite there being people who are willing to teach but they can’t meet TSC minimum qualifications,” he added.