By Kiptanui Rutto
Radical changes have been proposed by a government agency, National Council for Nomadic Education, tasked with promotion of education in nomadic counties to address deteriorating education standards.
They proposed the recruitment of 1,200 curriculum assistants at Sh181million in North Eastern region. The agency said the curriculum assistants will support current teachers in the counties of Garissa, Wajir and Mandera who do not are enough due to fears of terror attacks to non-local.
“The government to allocate funds for employment of curriculum assistants who will be offered school based teacher training as agreed in 2015. The government to continuously recruit and deploy local teachers graduating from teacher training colleges and universities who hail from North eastern Kenya,” said the agency’s chief executive officer Harun Yusuf.
It also recommended policy change in the entry level of learners into teaching training colleges from C+ to C for diploma teacher training colleges and C to D+ for primary teacher training colleges. He added that the government should also consider recruiting retired teachers and those who left service regardless of their place of origin and are below 65 years of age.
