Kenya retains more aged staff as skills dearth crisis persists
Up to 1,707 government employees in managerial and technical positions are past the retirement age of 60 but have been retained due to a skills shortage that has hampered their replacement. A public service report released last week indicates that retained workers who are aged above 61 account for 0.57 per cent of the government workforce, excluding Teachers Service Commission staff and those in State agencies. The aged workforce adds to about 1,707 based on the total 299,500
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Editor's Comments: This report is a 'must read' if you are concerned about the STEM skills gap and finding ways to close it. Part three of an ongoing series based on our recent PPI report: Bridging the STEM skills gap: Employer/educator collaboration in New York New York created close to 100,000 jobs between December 2015 and December 2016. Yet in many regions of the state the population is not growing. (Population increases downstate and in the Capital Region/Hudson Valley
