Number of PhD, Master’s holders in primary schools hits over 2000

Holders of Masters and Doctorate degrees teaching at the primary school level have more than quadrupled over the last three years.

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Holders of Masters and Doctorate degrees teaching at the primary school level have more than quadrupled over the last three years to hit 2,060 as the government continues to freeze their promotion to higher jobs, a new survey shows.

The Economic Survey 2024 published by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) shows the number shot an all-time high during the year to last December, up from 491 at the height of the Covid-19 crisis in 2020.

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Note: The results are not exact but very close to the actual.