The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has been asked to revert to its decision that lowered the minimum entry points to Teachers Training Colleges (TTC).
Dadaab MP Mohamed Dahiye said TSC should reconsider its decision to ensure the education of students especially from marginalized counties is not affected.
In May this year, more than 300 students from Garissa County who were admitted to teachers training colleges were kicked out following a decision by the Ministry of Education to terminate the training of those students with lower grades.
More than 3,200 students from marginalized regions who had already joined various teachers colleges were also affected by the decision.
Speaking at Garissa High School during the launch of the education quality dialogues for North Eastern region, Dahiye said the regions are struggling with a shortage of teachers following the mass exodus of teachers due to insecurity caused by Al-Shabaab attacks.
The MP said the directive to lower the entry grade was meant to ensure that the 17 counties would have enough teachers.
“TSC mandate is limited to recruitment and deployment and the reason why they are involving themselves in matters of policy which is squarely in the ministry’s docket is beyond comprehension. As people from a long marginalized area we feel we are being targeted,” said Dahiye as quoted by KNA, a government communication department.
The MP further said that due to lack of students the teachers' colleges in Garissa and Mandera are at risk of being closed despite the heavy investment in infrastructure.