Education News Today: Teachers to be retrained on the following areas- TSC announces
The Teachers Service Commission, TSC, has announced new training areas for teachers. According to the Commission, teachers will be retrained on new learning areas as the Competency Based Curriculum goes into full swing.
The Teachers Service Commission has identified the special areas of training for teachers who will be involved in junior and secondary school learning.
CEO Nancy Macharia, in an advisory to the State Department of Early Learning and Basic Education on Curriculum Development, said the new content areas will enable learners to make decisions based on their interests, strengths and personalities.
Biology and Chemistry teachers will be retooled on how to handle Integrated Science and Health Science while Physics and Mathematics teachers on how to teach Pre-Technical and Pre-Career Education.
Geography, History and CRE teachers will be trained on Social Studies, according to the advisory.
Elective subjects will include Visual Arts (Fine Art, Photography), Performing Arts (Music, Dance), Home Science, Computer Science, Foreign Languages, Kenyan Sign Language and Indigenous Languages.
“The purpose of the Commission’s Advisory on the teacher preparation and requirements is to facilitate a smooth implementation of the Junior and Senior School curriculum delivery,” Dr Macharia said in the letter dated July 2021.
Dr Macharia called for the allocation of enough funds to facilitate retooling and training of teachers.
Kagumo, Kibabii and Lugari teacher colleges, the TSC suggested, should enrol students to pursue the new subjects while student admissions to universities should be informed by the new subject areas.
Qualifications Of The Teachers Who Will Teacher Junior Secondary Schools
According to the current education curriculum; Competence Based Curriculum (CBC), learners who are under this bracket are expected to join junior secondary schools after completing their grade six syllabus. This is expected to happen in the year 2023,where those learners who are in grade five today will be joining secondary schools within the country.
Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has finally settled the debate on which teachers will handle learners in junior secondary schools. According to TSC CEO Nancy Macharia,these will be teachers with the following qualifications:
1. Diploma and degree in special Needs Education.
2. Diploma and Degree in Early Childhood Development Education.
3. Diploma in Education (Primary Option)
4. Diploma in Education (Secondary Option)
5. Degree in Education (Secondary Option) but lacking C+ at KCSE or C+ in teaching subjects.
This report is meant to prepare teachers in advance and to avoid confusion when transition time comes. This will also make it easy for TSC to allocate teachers in these new institutions.
