Residents of Mosocho Division have urged area Member of Parliament to assist them reach the Teachers Service Commission for deployment of teachers in the region due to increasing number of pupils.
Speaking at Gesieka Primary on Tuesday during prize giving ceremony, they blamed understaffing as the major reason behind diminishing performance besides urging Hon. Richard Onyonka to help them present a petition to TSC.
According to them, the population of students in the region has doubled with students currently in the area primary and secondary schools estimated at 20,000 compared to 14,000 as per records in 2010.
“We are aware of deteriorating education standards in the region in national exams. The population of pupils is rising time to time and therefore, the shortage of teachers in our public schools is eminent,” said Charles Omayio.
“We want to call upon Onyonka to help us make a plea to TSC to deploy more teachers to this region before the situation escalates. For instance, some teachers are overworking by even attend two lessons on the same subject in the same class due to high number of students,” added Niver Ongisa.
They accused TSC for declaiming the request from school heads who had written to them in February following a meeting to discuss the shortage.
“We are aware that school heads have done their part by reporting the matter to TSC who have since failed to respond. That is why we appeal to the MP to intervene and rescue the situation,” added Ongisa.