{"id":759533,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/759533/?format=json","text_counter":109,"type":"other","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"COUNTRYWIDE AUDIT ON DISTRIBUTION OF TEACHERS IN ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS WHEREAS Article 43(1)(f) and 53(1)(b) of the Constitution guarantees every citizen a right to education and every child a right to free and compulsory basic education, respectively; NOTING that the Teachers Service Commission is mandated to handle employment, deployment, remuneration and discipline of teachers in public schools in Kenya; CONCERNED that there are great disparities in the distribution of teachers in public schools across the country leading to over-supply in some schools and under-supply in others and ultimately leading to major teacher shortage especially in rural and marginalized areas; APPRECIATING efforts made by the national government to improve the teacher pupil ratio to international standards in all public schools through yearly employment of teachers;"}