DPTE and TSC Internship Recruitment Guidelines Changes as TSC is forced to lower entry grade requirements following the scrapping of D+ Grade in Mathematics for Diploma and Degree in Education Courses
Charged with the key duties of recruiting, employing and posting both primary and secondary school teachers, the Teachers Service Commission will now be obliged to lower entry grades for students wishing to pursue the new Diploma in Primary Teacher Education, DPTE and Bachelor of Education degree courses henceforth.
This means that the Commission will further review recruitment guidelines for intern teachers upon successful completion of the aforementioned courses.
This key change was conceived bearing in mind the impending full roll out of the new Competence-Based Curriculum, CBC in Kenya.
The stakeholders who initiated this change saw it wise to do away with the D+ mandatory grade in Mathematics for all student teachers that has previously shut the door to many qualified candidates.
According to The Standard newspaper, this decision was arrived at after experts saw it quite ironical to bar applicants who had not attained the D+ grade in Mathematics yet the Kenyan education sector is in the process of ushering in a new CBC-laden era where learners themselves have an option of taking subjects that they can comfortably tackle during exams. So why bar teachers from taking subjects that they feel comfortable in?
This decision reignites the candle for many teachers who have been having the urge to undertake the new Diploma in Primary Teacher Education, DPTE since it was first rolled out in the year 2021. The first batch of learners joined college in May with the second cohort joining in August.
Worth noting however is the fact that not all teacher training colleges have received a nod to train student teachers in the new DPTE course.
Are you interested in enrolling for the new Diploma in Primary Teacher Education courses? Here is the full list of accredited teachers training colleges mandated to train student teachers in the new CBC centred DPTE as of the year 2021
List of TTC Colleges offering the new Diploma in Primary Teacher Education
Fee Structure For Diploma in Primary Teacher Education (DPTE) Upgrade September Intake
Fee Structure For Diploma in Primary Teacher Education (DPTE) Upgrade September Intake
Last month the ministry of education announced plans to roll out upgrade Diploma program that targets trained teachers who are not in service and wish to upgrade from Primary Teacher Education Certificate to Diploma in Primary Teacher Education (DPTE) respectively.
Some institutions have started advertising this program and in this write up am going to take you through the fee structure for Upgrading program from Primary Teacher Education Certificate (P1) to Diploma in Primary Teacher Education (DPTE) course at Nakuru Teachers Training College.
According to the letter seen by Jambo News, students are required to report to the College for registration of first term studies from 1st Sept 2021. Those wishing to undertake the course must possess a valid PTE Certificate.
UPGRADING PROGRAM FEE STRUCTURE FOR DPTE (SEPTEMBER 2021 INTAKE)
TERM VOTE HEADS AMOUNT (KSHS)
TERM 1 ADMISSION FEE
TUITION & BOARDING FEE
2,500/=
31,000/=
TOTAL – TERM 1 33,500/=
TERM II TUITION & BOARDING FEE
23,000/=
TOTAL TERM 2 23,000/=
TERM III TUITION & BOARDING FEE
23,000/=
TOTAL TERM 3 23,000/=
GRAND TOTAL