KAJIADO County will recruit 300
to 400 Early Childhood Development teachers to close the huge gap between the
professionals.
County Secretary, Kennedy Kerei
on Saturday announced that the teachers would be recruited under a different
name.
Kerei spoke at the graduation the ceremony of 29 ECD tutors at Emerald ECD College at the Olkejuado High School.
He, however, did not disclose the new name the county government will use
instead of Early Childhood Development Teachers.
In April last year, a Nairobi the court granted Kenya National Union of Teachers orders stopping the county
governments from hiring ECD teachers.
The teachers union had argued
that county governments were infringing on the roles of the Teachers Service
Commission by employing the ECD teachers.
Several counties have been
faulted over their resolve to recruit ECD teachers using a different name to
avoid victimization by the courts.
Kerei said the county government
would present a budget allocation for the establishment of ECD centers.
He said it is a fundamental right
in the Constitution that children must be given the quality and affordable
education and that should not be compromised.
“The budget will give the county
government the financial muscle to recruit teachers under a name we will provide
later to avoid punishment by the courts,” said Kerei.
Kerei said the regional
government would employ 16 teachers in all the 25 wards. He said the same would
be replicated in subsequent years until the county meets its targets of
employing 9,000 ECD teachers.
“In 10 years’ time, we will have
managed to bring down and balance the ratio of teachers to manageable margins,”
said Kerei.
Kerei praised Emerald ECD College
director Eve Merin. He said by establishing a college to train ECD teachers is
no mean feat.
Merin said the college was
founded in 2012 to enhance the realization of its mission statement “To equip
the community with skills, knowledge, and attitude.”
She said the College offers both
a certificate and a Diploma in ECD as well as preparing for proficiency exams.
In his closing comments, Kerei
lamented there was an acute shortage of physics and chemistry subject teachers
in the county. He appealed to stakeholders in the education sector to look for
ways that will help increase the number of such professionals in the future.
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