Kenya: Treasury Allocates Ksh 4.9B to Hire 20,000 Intern Teachers on Permanent Terms in 2027

The National Treasury has allocated Ksh4.92 billion to employ 20,000 intern teachers to permanent and pensionable positions, effective January 1, 2027.

The allocation is included in the national budget for the 2026/2027 financial year and comes at a time of rising tensions in the education sector, including an ongoing standoff between Junior Secondary School (JSS) intern teachers and the Teachers Service Commission (TSC).

Over the past few months, educators have demanded that 44,000 intern…