A school head from Bosamaro ward has appealed to the Teachers Service Commission to consider deploying more government teachers to the institution before the shortage gets worse.
Speaking on Monday in his office, Nyakoria primary school head teacher Peter Nyawaya said the institution was compelled to rely on untrained teachers after most of his staff members retired or were transferred.
He said the 400 population of pupils in the institution could end up being half-baked because the current five government teachers and three more employed by the Parents Teachers Association (PTA) were being overworked to achieve their objectives.
“The institution is in a crisis and something urgent ought to be done to salvage the situation. We have been operating with only five government teachers and three untrained teachers yet the population of the school is about 400,” Mr Nyawaya said.
“Our pupils might get out of the institution half-baked if nothing urgent is done. The situation is quite disturbing and it’s getting out of control for us,” he added.
Mr Nyawaya said his efforts to get a response from TSC and local leadership has hit the snag on several occasions with the former making unfulfilled promises.
“I tried to reach the staffing officer in Nairobi and other local leaders but nothing has been done. I hope they will listen to my cry and respond appropriately,” he said.