26,000 JSS intern teachers to get permanent contracts from June- MP Meli

Meli spoke at ACK DL  St Marks Preparatory School during an inter-denominational service and choir competition in Nandi East presided over by Bishop  Emeritus Jackson Kosgei who is also a nominated senator.

Meli added that a new group of 20,000 JSS intern tutors will be hired on a one-year contract as soon as the 26,000 are employed to help cover the huge teacher deficit currently in Kenyan schools.

“The government through the Public Service Commission will also hire 2,000 TVET trainers in the coming financial year,” Meli said.

“The country currently has a shortfall of 116,000 teachers and the government is committed to ensure that pressure on parents is eased through contracting as they wait to be absorbed,” the MP said.

The MP said the Kenya Kwanza administration was spending Sh 1.1 trillion in revenues to service debts incurred by the previous administration.