Banditry, Teen Pregnancies and FGM affect quality of Education Marakwet West
Marakwet West Member of Parliament -Tim Kipchumba Toroitich/Photo James Gitaka
By James Gitaka
The Marakwet West Member of Parliament, Hon. Timothy Kipchumba Toroitich has urged the Teacher Service Commission(TSC) To make special considerations while deploying the New teachers expected to be employed by the Commission.
Addressing journalists in Eldoret ,The Member of parliament has argued that his The Teacher pupil ratio in His constituency stands at one teacher per a Hundred pupils against the expected ratio of 1:40 Pupils,
“Most of the Schools in my constituency are seriously understaffed with some schools such as Kipkudul Mixed Secondary having only seven TSC teachers, this affects the quality of learning, Said the area Mp who is also a member of the Education committee at the National assembly.
The Mp has also urged the community to shy away from harmful practices such as Female Genital Mutilation that continues to force many young girls out of school,
“Female Genital mutilation and Early pregnancies are some to the challenges that have greatly affected the education sector within the County, we urge our communities to desist from caring out such outdated harmful practices, let us educate our girls because e education is an equalizer, “Said Hon. Kipchumba
Other factors affecting the education sector with the Elgeiyo Marakwet county include the transfer of teachers due to banditry and un sustainable peace within the Kerio Valley.
The government will employ 30,000 teachers by January 2023.This is to address the problem of a shortage of teachers in both primary and secondary schools.
The recruitment will take place before schools open on January 23, 2023.
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