Recruitment of 3, 600 teachers by Government a welcome move

THE Ministry of General Education has embarked on the recruitment exercise of teachers across the country. The first phase of the teacher recruitment will see 3,600 teachers employed in the education sector.

The government move to employ teachers is welcome in that it will cushion unemployment in the education sector. The country has more than 60, 000 unemployed teachers.

However, the number of unemployed teachers has escalated because the Ministry of General Education has not been employing the teachers because of limited financial resources. The Minister of General Education, Dr. Dennis Wanchinga recently announced that the teacher recruitment exercise will be ongoing. This will entail many teachers getting employed both in primary schools and in secondary schools.

Ultimately, this will avert the problem of shortage of teachers especially in rural areas where most schools do not have enough teachers.

Most trained teachers who are not employed are suffering owing to the high cost of consumer goods and services and lack of income. The few privileged teachers are employed by the private schools where they are poorly remunerated.

In view of the high unemployment levels in the education sector, some scammers are on the loose aiming at swindling the teachers seeking employment.

In this vein, the teachers must be wary about the fraudsters. On the other hand, the scammers must be arrested and ultimately prosecuted so that they can face the full wrath of the law.

To crown it all, the teacher recruitment exercise across the country is the right move by the government in that it will mitigate the unemployment levels in the education sector. This is because the teacher recruitment will be ongoing.