{"id":1491637,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1491637/?format=json","text_counter":116,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Ogamba","speaker_title":"The Cabinet Secretary for Education","speaker":null,"content":"However, the Teacher Service Commission (TSC), through a multi-agency approach, has trained 60,642 junior school teachers in both public and private schools to handle grade seven and eight. The teachers will undergo further re-tooling in November and December to prepare them to handle Grade Nine. During the same period, 19,960 junior school headteachers will be also re-tooled. The Commission, in collaboration with the Centre for Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education in Africa (CEMASTEA) has also provided a specialized tailor- made re-tooling programme for 7,700 teachers, teaching integrated science and mathematics to cover that gap. That substantially reduces that shortage of 72,422. I submit, Mr. Speaker, Sir."}