This is what Kindiki want TSC to do for ASAL teachers
To protect teachers who labour in arid and semi-arid regions like the North Rift region, Interior CS Kithure Kindiki has made a number of recommendations to the educational sector.
Kindiki made the suggestion to the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to provide aircraft tickets to non-local teachers in the regions during school opening and closing on Wednesday while testifying before the Education Committee.
He claimed that al-Shabaab terrorists frequently target teachers on the road during the opening and closing of the school day. The CS claimed that the action will increase the teachers’ level of safety.
“Since the teachers in Mandera County would be travelling by road, TSC should take into account paying for their airline tickets. History demonstrates that travelling teachers are frequently attacked. The trip from Mandera to Nairobi is over 1,100 miles lengthy and dangerous, according to Kindiki.
Kindiki also suggested a shorter term of duty for the outside teachers in the regions.
Since the attacks continue, he claimed that keeping teachers in the locations for an extended period of time has an impact on their mental health.
Because it increases their mental stress and even increases the possibility that they will be sucked into and recruited into some of these networks, Kindiki advised TSC to avoid keeping non-local teachers who serve in the area for an extended period of time.
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The CS also requested that the commission rearrange the placement of teachers in the region, placing local instructors in risky locations and foreign instructors in more secure ones.
When sending non-local teachers to difficult spots, he advised TSC to work with security organisations.
Additionally, he encouraged the committee to take into account awarding scholarships to local students from Northern Kenya so they can work as teachers in their own communities.
To encourage more locals to pursue teaching careers, Kindiki suggested that the national and county governments look into offering complete scholarships for teaching courses.
The ministry additionally requested TSC to introduce online learning in schools in the North Rift to stop teachers from leaving the region.
Kindiki asserted that the use of online classes will lessen the likelihood of teachers becoming terrorist targets.
“Invest in technology where virtual learning can reduce the need for physical movement of teachers from one place to another,” he advised.
Future satellite schools in the North Eastern Region will be necessary to advance virtual learning.
Additionally, he urged security guards and teachers in the North Rift to cooperate in sharing information on bandits, saying that doing so would ease tensions between them.
This is what Kindiki want TSC to do for ASAL teachers
