By Achola Matthews
The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) office in Busia County has refuted claims that local residents were not considered during the recent recruitment drive of new teachers in the country.
Speaking to Education News in his office the TSC officer in charge of Teacher deployment in Busia county, Mr Harrison Juma has said that his office is a public one and they were only considering those who applied. “My office is public and TSC was only considering applicants in regard to their merit irrespective of their origin counties of birth, said Mr Juma.”
Juma has pointed out they managed to get eleven new teachers after the completion of the interview process in the county.
He said TSC is geared towards ensuring that it does all it can to address Teacher shortages in both public primary and secondary schools in Busia county.
This comes after the Budalangi Member of Parliament Hon Raphael Wanjala claimed that the TSC office in Busia locked out local resident qualified teachers during their selection process by giving non-resident applicants from neighboring counties like Siaya first priority.
Wanjala has said that Budalangi for instance has many un-employed qualified teachers who should have been given a big chunk of the available teacher vacancies in Busia.
