Principals Want More Teachers to Handle Additional Streams Original Set For Grade 7
Principals have urged the teachers service commission, TSC to ensure even distribution of teachers in the ongoing recruitment.
The school heads argue that all schools will experience an upsurge in Form One intake due to extra classrooms that were set aside for the junior secondary wing.
According to the Kenya Secondary Schools Heads Association chairperson Kahi Indimuli, schools were restricted with the infrastructure during admission, but with some more classrooms at their disposal, public secondary schools expect to experience more requests for admission.
‘‘Schools will experience strain on teachers to manage the high enrolment come next year mostly in Form One. The government needs to work on how this will be managed,’’ Indimuli said.
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President William Ruto had directed that learner moving to grades 7, 8 and 9 remain in their current primary schools as opposed to an earlier proposal to have them join high schools, a move that pushed education stakeholders back to the drawing board after a year of building classrooms in secondary schools.
Indimuli said that with the government’s change of tune on JSS being in primary schools which was informed by the Presidential Working Party recommendations, the extra classes in secondary schools will almost certainly attract more applicants.
‘‘Many schools had prepared to welcome the Grade 7 in January but since they will remain in primary schools, the classrooms will be for Form One learners,’’ he added.
According to one of the senior principals, with the government’s change of tune, more teachers are needed in schools to accommodate the expected high Form One intake.
The principal confirmed that his school, which has only 27 Teachers Service Commission (TSC) teachers as opposed to the required 45, is struggling to serve the high number of students.
“With extra space, we expect high enrollment. This means we need some more teachers to meet the demands of the learners,’’ he said.
He said the institution will use the extra infrastructure to accommodate more First Formers next year.
