Education CS Ogamba Addresses Teacher Training and Recruitment Concerns

Education CS Ogamba Addresses Teacher Training and Recruitment Concerns.

Education CS Julius Migos Ogamba has addressed pressing concerns surrounding teacher training and recruitment in the country.

Concerns teacher shortages, Dr. Ogamba explained that the Ministry of Education is re-tooling existing teachers to align with the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC). He assured that additional teachers would be hired to support Grade Nine learners.

“Let us not say we do not have teachers for grade nine, what we are doing is re-tooling those available and employing more,” he added.

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He announced that 46,000 teachers currently serving on internship programs will transition to Permanent and Pensionable terms by January 2025.

Additionally, 20,000 science-based teachers will soon be employed to bridge the gap in subject specialization.

Local Progress in Kakamega Region

At the same event, Regional Director of Education Jared Obiero reported that the region had completed 483 classrooms, with another 1,137 classrooms under the second phase at 75% completion.

Additionally, the NG-CDF is constructing 600 classrooms, while the national government plans to add 1,237 more in the third phase.

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The CS also addressed a land dispute involving Kakamega Primary School, assuring stakeholders that the grabbed land would be returned to the school.

This followed concerns raised by Head Teacher Dickson Anyangu, who revealed that despite winning the case against the alleged land grabber in the Court of Appeal, the matter is now being contested in the Supreme Court.

Education CS Ogamba Addresses Teacher Training and Recruitment Concerns

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