By Amoto Ndiewo
The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Noordin Hajji has called on the TSC to find lasting solutions to issues affecting teachers in insecurity prone regions.
While speaking at a TSC stakeholder’s forum in Garissa town, the DPP said it was high time the regions get guaranteed augmented security to enable the student’s to access education just like other regions.
The DPP further called for the special creation of a department within the TSC to deal with affirmative action for teachers in areas affected by insecurity.
DPP Haji who hails from Garissa County, one of the security prone areas, who threatened to take an unspecified legal action against the TSC for failing to put in place policies that protect teachers in such areas, said it is the responsibility of the commission to find lasting solutions to issues affecting teachers.
“Such responsibility does not lie with local community or citizens, it the express duty of the employer,” he said.
In Asia, the DPP said, education is a matter of national security, citing that it is high time the insecurity in areas like Garissa, Samburu, Wajir and Mandera get guaranteed security to enable education starved students in such regions access to education uninterrupted.
The DPP who was speaking in a Garissa hotel during a stakeholder’s engagement session similarly called for the abolishment of mass transfer policies of teachers.
“How do you just mass transfer teachers from a region and leave other areas barren?’’ he posed.
Also in attendance was TSC Vice Chairperson Leila Ali who said that the commission had given retired teachers a chance to be rehired on a three year contract to fill vacant teaching posts but none of them showed due to insecurity fears.
Ms. Ali pleaded with the tutors to apply for the positions in order to better their communities.
