The Budget of Sh3.3 trillion will be read early to allow time for members of Parliament to deliberate on the main component of the Budget which include proposed revenue sources and expenditure plans for the financial year commencing July 2022.
Money for recruitment of new teachers.
The TSC boss Dr. Nancy Macharia while appearing in Parliament had requested some Sh5.3 billion to recruit 8,000 teachers for the 100 per cent transition.
Macharia also told the Education Committee that it will require Sh1.2 billion to recruit 6,000 interns.TSC said it has been recruiting 5,000 teachers annually to match the increased enrolment in public schools.
Macharia thanked the government for setting aside sh. 2.5 billion for recruiting 5,000 teachers this year.
In budget estimates, Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani had allocated an additional Sh14.9 billion to TSC, whose budget has risen to Sh295.9 billion from Sh281.7 billion in the new financial year.
During the resource sharing at the Sector Working Group,the commission said it was allocated Sh295.9 billion for recurrent expenditure against a projected requirement of Sh310.5 billion.
TSC will receive an extra Sh15 billion for the 2022 -2023 financial year. Initially there were rumours that the Commission will use the additional funds to award teachers a payrise. However TSC refuted the claims. Instead it said it will use the sh15 billion to employ 13,000 secondary school teachers and 9,000 interns to cope with exits and the expected increase in enrolment when junior secondary is rolled out in January 2023.
The Commission said this through a report which was presented to the Committee on Education and Research of the National Assembly by the Parliamentary Budget Office
The commission also said priorities identified in the 2022/23 budget and the medium term were informed by the 2019-2023 strategic plan and the medium-term plan III of Vision 2030During the period, TSC had proposed to recruit 25,000 teachers,out of which 13,000 on permanent and pensionable terms and another 12,000 interns annually for the next three years.
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