TSC Prioritization Blamed on Unemployment Crisis
Principal Secretary of TVET Esther Muoria has attributed the unemployment crisis to understaffing and budgetary constraints in the institutions.
She explained that the teachers Service Commission (TSC) prioritizes the assignment of instructors to primary and secondary schools, which has a negative impact on TVET institutions.
A vocational instructor, also known as a teacher of career and technical education, instructs students in practical career skills in middle, secondary, and postsecondary public and private schools.
Courses may include allied health, auto repair, welding, technology, agricultural education, cosmetology, business education, and computer technology.
Muoria informed the Committee that TSC was unable to keep up with the number of TVET colleges, which has increased from 55 in 2013 to 220 at present, with 36 currently under construction and 52 scheduled to be built by 2027.
This comes as lawmakers seek to have TSC relieved of all costs associated with hiring TVET personnel.
The MPs wants the National Treasury transfer funds for administrative costs associated with the ‘Human Resource Management on TVETS’ program.
The legislators propose that the cost of employing TVET tutors be transferred to the Public Service Commission, which will now be responsible for the expense.
TSC Prioritization Blamed on Unemployment Crisis, Says PS