Teachers Training Colleges to be Merged Into One, Proposal
Teacher Training Colleges (TTCs) may combine into a single organisation, similar to the Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC), if the taskforce on education reforms’ recommendations are implemented.
In order to run them as campuses throughout the nation, Kenya Teacher Training College would take over all 34 of the current teacher training colleges.
The Ministry of Education should be reorganised so that its Higher Education department oversees teacher education, according to the Presidential Working Party on Education Reforms (PWPER).
Because they have led to low enrollment, the current admission requirements for teacher training will be altered to make training more accessible.
Teachers Training Colleges to be Merged Into One, Proposal
A C (plain) grade point average on the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) was once required for admission to institutions.
The proposed plans will do away with the topic clustering strategy currently used for admission to the basic teaching diploma programme.
Applicants must currently hold a C or above in all cluster-related disciplines, including English, Kiswahili, mathematics, a humanities or science course, and a science course.
Although there are now only 3,922 pupils enrolled, TTCs have a maximum capacity of 26,650 students.
Affirmative action rules should be used to include students from underrepresented groups in TTC admissions pools, according to the PWPER.
Students from such regions would be accepted with lower admission grades in an effort to enhance enrollment from those locations.
The Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) would be in charge of placing students in both KMTC and teacher training programmes.
