TSC Unveils New benefits for Special School Teachers.
In an effort to draw and keep teachers in special education, the Teachers Service Commission has stated that allowances will be introduced.
The National Assembly Cohesion and Equal Opportunities Committee was informed by TSC CEO Nancy Macharia on Tuesday that there is a 5,362 teacher shortage in the nation’s special needs schools.
According to Shinyalu MP Fred Ikana, the hardships faced by special needs school teachers deter their peers from applying for positions in the establishments, which contributes to the scarcity.
Readers Facilitation or Aid allowance has been introduced for teachers who are blind, deaf, dumb, or have physical limitations, according to Macharia, who informed the Adan Haji-led committee.
“Special school allowances is also another incentive introduced to teachers with special education skills,” she stated.
Macharia pointed out that these incentives are extra to the usual ones, such hardship and commuter allowances.
“Due to budget constraints, the commission has developed a phased deployment of teachers to special needs schools to address the shortage,” she said.
Vice head of the committee Liza Chelule praised the teacher employer’s initiatives to raise the standard of living for educators in special education facilities.
But more work needed to be done, according to her.
“The committee found that the special needs schools and teachers operated in appalling conditions after visiting special needs schools in parts of Coast, Nyanza, Western, and Rift Valley,” the statement read.
Regarding the teacher shortage, Macharia stated that 1,763 instructors were employed and assigned to classrooms by TSC in May.
She also mentioned that 3,600 more instructors will be assigned to classrooms in September of this year and in January and June of next year.
The head of TSC went on to say that the commission has also created and put into effect a special staffing standard for special education schools.
According to Macharia, each teacher’s class size is determined by the kind and severity of the students’ disabilities.
“For example, the class size for mentally handicapped learners is set at four students while the class size for physically handicapped learners should have 15 students,” she said.
According to Macharia, the teacher-to-student ratio is intended to guarantee that educators provide special needs students with the necessary attention.
TSC Unveils New benefits for Special School Teachers.
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