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Over 21 schools affected as TSC transfers teachers from Wajir County
Some of the teachers displaying their transfer letters from Wajir county,(Courtesy)
WAJIR—Over 50 non local teachers have been transferred from Wajir County by the Teachers Service Commission (TSC)
The commission handed transfer letters to 76 non local teachers by the end of Wednesday, who were teaching schools, in areas considered to be hostile in Wajir County that border Somalia.
Non local teachers have been a soft target and have borne the brunt of attacks by the rag tag Al Shabaab terrorists from Somalia.
On 16th of February, two non local teachers , along side a wife of one of them were killed when the terrorists attacked Qarsa primary school.
Noor Bardad, the Kenya National Union of Teachers Wajir branch secretary, has condemned the transfer saying more teachers will receive their transfer letters soon.
This transfers will now paralyze education in Wajir county, which has always performed poorly in the national examinations.
“We are shocked that TSC is now transferring them out of the county,” he said.
“As a union, we are not going to allow that since the move will totally paralyse education services in the county, which largely depends on non-local teachers,” he added.
The schools that are considered to be insecure include Qarsa, khorof Kharar and Wajir Bor in Wajir East sub county.
In Habaswein Sub-County, Dadajabula, Geetwab and Baron primary schools are considered to be dangerous while unsafe schools in Wajir South include Salalma, Diff, Hambalash and Gherille.
Over 60 percent of teachers in Wajir county are non-locals and their withdrawal means denying school-going children their right to education.
