Tiaty East and West Constituencies hit hard by shortage of teachers
By KNA, July 13, 2023A severe shortage of teachers in primary schools has hit the Tiaty constituency in Baringo County following mass transfers of teachers after the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) lifted the delocalization policy, allowing teachers to go to their home areas.
According to county human resource officer James Kisabei, both Tiaty West and East sub-counties have a shortfall of 323 teachers, with West having 187 and East having 136.
Speaking during a county national departmental heads meeting chaired by county commissioner Stephen Kutwa in his Kabarnet boardroom, Kisabei also disclosed that the suspension of the delocalisation programme late last year resulted in the majority of schools operating without administrators, a situation that has put implementation of education programmes in jeopardy.
Apart from the lifting of the policy by TSC, the human resource officer stated that the majority of non-local teachers and administrators had requested transfers from the region because of security threats occasioned by constant bandit attacks, leaving learning institutions understaffed.
Staffing levels
He noted that Tiaty West, with 79 primary schools, requires 518 teachers, while Tiaty East, with 57 learning institutions, needs 419 teachers to operate at optimal staffing levels.
“Currently in Tiaty West, there are only 316 teachers on duty and in Tiaty East, we have 285 teachers on duty, with some schools having as few as two teaching staff. There is a serious shortage of manpower across all schools,” Kisabei stated.