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    "content": "teachers’ salaries and the case is still pending before court. The TSC has also issued instructions to all teachers to go back to school, failure to which necessary disciplinary measures will be taken against them. The Ministry has issued instructions to county and sub-county directors of education to liaise with the security agents on the ground, monitor the situation and ensure safety of learners, school property and teachers who turn up to teach and forward daily reports to the Ministry. So far, learning is partially taking place in most of the learning institutions and the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology is monitoring the situation. The Cabinet Secretary has so far made several press releases urging teachers to go back to class so that children are not denied their constitutional rights, stressing that schools remain open as planned. Further, he publicly made it very clear that the mandate to open or close schools largely lies with the Cabinet Secretary and not any other person or authority. Lastly, the Ministry in liaison with the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) has put in place structures to ensure that the national examinations take place as scheduled, uninterrupted. The launch of the National Examinations Cycle for 2015 is scheduled to take place tomorrow. The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology and the TSC will continue to appeal to the teachers to resume their duties, to return learning and teaching in schools to normalcy. Some partial teaching is still ongoing in most schools, many with pupils in Class Eight and students in Form Four. Information from the field indicates that teaching is taking place in teacher training colleges, technical training institutes and national polytechnics. With regard to the measures undertaken by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology in addressing the education crisis in the counties of Wajir, Mandera and Garissa, the Ministry recently held a high level meeting with the leadership of the north eastern region and agreed to engage 800 untrained teachers to cover the shortfall as the TSC puts in place other measures to arrest the situation. The Ministry has assured that the security crisis in the region has improved. Thank you."
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