Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 254743,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/254743/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 241,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mrs. Mugo",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 85,
        "legal_name": "Beth Wambui Mugo",
        "slug": "beth-mugo"
    },
    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as the hon. Member is aware, the Ministry has been enroling teachers every year. Even last September, we recruited about 7,000 teachers. This year we will recruit a similar number of teachers. That recruitment was not intended to just replace teachers who have exited through natural attrition. We have also carried out an exercise to establish the shortage of teachers all over the country. We have been moving teachers from areas where there is over-establishment to areas where there is shortage. However, the issue of the overall shortage of teachers is being addressed. We will be recruiting new teachers gradually. We might not recruit all the teachers required in one year. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, shortage of teachers in primary schools is not just as a result of extra enrolment of pupils but rather because of a ten-year teacher recruitment freeze in the country and yet more children were joining primary schools. These are the issues that the NARC Government has had to contend with. Until we came to power, no teachers had been employed for more than ten years."
}