List of Primary & Secondary Schools Without Headteachers
Over 3,000 public schools lack head teachers, shockingly.
New data shows counties with the greatest teacher shortage. 1,918 elementary schools and 1,441 senior schools lack principals.
During important education changes, 3,359 public primary and secondary schools need institutional leadership.
Kakamega County has the nation’s worst secondary teacher shortage.
421 secondary schools in the county lack 4,283 teachers. 5,716 teachers serve the 9,999-teacher county.
Kisumu County, with 608 schools, has the largest primary school teacher shortage of 4,317. The county has 6,230 primary school teachers instead of 10,547.
These are PWPER findings.
Teacher shortage
The draught task force study reveals 42,522 tutors in public primary nursery schools. Nursery instructors work in 28,818 elementary schools nationwide.
At 13,589 among 10,654 primary schools, Rift Valley has the most nursery school instructors. Coast has 3,417 nursery schools.
The survey found that many primary and secondary schools lack leaders. Kakamega, Kitui, and Kisii have the most headteacher-less schools.
The Standard’s task force data shows that 121 of Kakamega’s 895 primary schools have no headmaster.
Kitui, Kisii, Nakuru, Makueni, Bungoma, Bomet, Nandi, Nyamira, and Muranga each had 69 institutions without a formal head.
Garissa, Isiolo, Narok, and Samburu have the fewest schools without leadership.
Three of Garissa’s 195 schools have no head. Isiolo’s 112 primary schools have five heads, Narok’s 711 have seven, and Samburu’s seven are headless.
Kitui County has the most secondary schools without a principal—68 out of 452.
56 of Nakuru’s 373 secondary schools and 57 of Homa Bay’s 333 schools lack principals.
Bomet (55), Kakamega (53), West Pokot (53), Meru (51) and Migori (50) lead the list of secondary schools without heads.
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Irregularities
The task force draught report also shows that Baringo, Marsabit, and West Pokot primary schools have more head teachers than institutions.
722 elementary schools in Baringo County have 849 head teachers. Marsabit County has 180 elementary schools and 195 headteachers. West Pokot has 670 headteachers for 654 primary schools.
In parliament, instructors Service Commission chief executive Dr. Nancy Macharia noted some tutors have head teacher qualifications but work as classroom instructors.
Secondary schools have the most teacher shortages despite having the most students.
Primary schools need 267,792 teachers, yet there are 223,296. 9,246 secondary schools have 123,985 instructors but require 182,566. Institutions are short 58,581.
Details suggest that Bungoma County has the second-highest secondary school teacher shortage after Kakamega County.
Bungoma, with 370 secondary schools, needs 3,529 teachers.
Deficits
Nakuru’s 373 secondary schools need 2,875 teachers. Homa Bay County, with 2,570 teachers short in its 333 secondary schools, follows.
Bomet County closes the top five understaffed secondary schools. 280 secondary schools require 2,368 instructors.
Kilifi, with 543 primary schools, needs 3,344 teachers.
According to the data, Narok County’s 711 primary schools need 2,954 instructors. Kakamega County needs 2,922 tutors for its 895 primary schools.
Kitui ranks fifth in primary school teacher shortages. 1,382 primary schools need 2,911 instructors.
List of Primary & Secondary Schools Without Headteachers
Nationally, 9,246 secondary schools need 58,581 high school teachers. The research estimates 44,496 teacher shortages in 23,274 primary schools.
103,077 public primary and secondary teachers are short.
TSC’s strategic plan launch data last week was higher.
TSC reported 111,870 tutor shortages. The teacher’s employer asked Sh78 billion in its five-year strategic plan to hire more teachers.
The strategy plan will cost TSC Sh134 billion.
Dr. Macharia said the 2023-2027 Strategic Plan, which prioritises teacher wellbeing, reflects the school situation.
Teachers mould students. She said we altered our corporate vision statement to “motivated, ethical, and globally competitive teacher” to better serve our clients.
She added: ‘‘It is very evident that the teacher is the centre of our reforms. The new plan’s key focal areas show our direction.
Many students
The draught task force study attributes the teacher shortage to an increase in basic education students, the 100% transition, and free day secondary education.
The Competency-Based Curriculum added new subjects, they say, worsening the issue. TSC is employing 20,000 instructors to fill school vacancies. TSC reported hiring 18,000 intern teachers for junior secondary schools (JSS).
2,000 more intern teachers will help primary schools adopt the new curricula. Dr. Macharia said employment applications conclude July 18. The draught task force study showed that six counties have a primary school teachers surplus.
Baringo (411), Embu (74), Kericho (54), Kirinyaga (255), and Murang’a (2) have too many instructors.
The reforms team said the TSC should move instructors from overstaffed districts to schools with teacher shortages.
