All teachers to undergo fresh training in new changes
Should President William Ruto embrace the task force’s recommendations, all instructors will be obliged to retake a new training in order to align themselves with the changes in the school curriculum.
The taskforce stated that it was crucial to retrain teachers on the changes in the curriculum in the report that was delivered to the president at the State House on Tuesday, August 1. A year is anticipated for the training.
“The Ministry of Education to develop guidelines on how all teachers who graduated before 2023 undergo a mandatory one-year retooling and upgrading programme for compliance with the curriculum change,” read one portion of the recommendation.
A team lead by Professor Raphael Munavu instructed the university to create extensive Faculty Staff programmes in advance of competency-based teacher training in order to complete the retooling effort.
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The task committee additionally suggested C (simple) as the minimum grade for applicants to pre-service teacher education in an effort to increase both the quantity and quality of instructors entering the field.
For example, a person must have received a C (Plain) on their Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exam or the SS equivalent to be eligible for the Diploma in Early Childhood Teacher Education.
The Diploma in Secondary Teacher Education, the Diploma in Special Needs Education, and the Diploma in Technical Teacher Education are further pre-service courses that demand a C (plain).
Create Kenya Teacher Training College (KeTTC) to oversee all pre-service teacher training institutions (TTCs) as campuses. Develop a structure to ensure the best use and distribution of resources, were added to the list of suggestions.
“MoE to create the Kenya School of Teacher and Education Management (KeSTEM) as a corporate organisation to coordinate all In-service programmes for institutional directors and education executives. KeSTEM will also provide CPD for teachers using the resources provided by Kenya Teacher Training Colleges (KeTTC).
However, the University Senates shall continue to set the admission standards for the Bachelor of Education degree programmes.
The Teachers Service Commission, on the other hand, will give all education graduates the chance to participate in a required one-year internship programme after Pre-service training is finished.
Challenges CBC
Since CBC’s introduction during the administration of former President Uhuru Kenyatta, it has had numerous difficulties, including a lack of instructors for the Junior Secondary (JS) sector and a subpar compensation structure. JS teachers didn’t get paid until June after going without pay since January.
Nearly 60,000 eligible primary school teachers had not yet applied for a position teaching junior secondary, according to press reports from the end of July 2023.
8,000 of the 30,000 teachers TSC hired were from primary schools.
All teachers to undergo fresh training in new changes
