Mandera Governor Mohamed Adan Khalif
The administration of Mohamed Khalif, the Mandera County Governor does not recognize nor value Early Childhood and Development Education(ECDE).
Presently, under the constitution, Early Childhood Development Education (ECDE) is a devolved function under County Governments.
ECDE Teachers are being looked down in Mandera county, Governor Khalif's administration seems to be following in the footsteps of Ali Roba. "Hello Nyakundi, Asalam Aleikum bro? How are you doing? Hope this finds you well. We are UNEMPLOYED ECDE teachers from Mandera. I want to send you our plight to share worldwide. It's barely 9 months since we were interviewed in Mandera town in the severity of the heat during Ramadhan and yet to receive an appointment message. What's wrong with this county? Mandera county doesn't recognize the ECDE department compare to other counties that are deploying people every year. We are unemployed qualified ECDE Teachers in Mandera county who are facing a lot of challenges since the inception of devolution, we were interviewed on 6th April during Ramadhan Time, and since then we didn't receive any message and have had no idea of what going on in the county, just patiently waiting. It's barely 9 months now since we did an interview and we are suffering. Please tell them to release this ECDE appointment message to those who were successfully selected. ECDE unemployed teachers in Mandera are suffering, some of us have families, wives, and bills to pay. Besides that, it's ECDE teachers who are teaching upper primary levels due to the shortage of teachers in Mandera since non-local teachers fled. We as unemployed ECDE teachers have been left out to enjoy the fruit of devolution. We have no hope of getting employment from the National government since ECD is under the county government. The last time ECDE teachers have been recruited was in 2014. Currently, close to 300 qualified ECD teachers with certificates, diplomas and Degrees have no employment and we are all victims of the canceled recruitment of 2019 and April 2022. People in other dockets have been reappointed and only ECD teachers are left out. Many of the said teachers have families to feed including wives and children. We request the government of the day for immediate intervention in this matter. According to our sources, there are 312 ECDE centers in Mandera with a total of 23,497 learners.
Stakeholders think that Governor Khalif is less concerned about the ECDE status because he wants to empower the existing Islamic schools (Duksis) in Mandera county.