Unemployed and employed P1 and ECDE teachers in their thousands are set to begin their training for a Diploma course that will enable them to march the changes that the new Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) will bring.
“The meeting held on the 15th of July 2021, at the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD), which the Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS) chaired and was attended by a representative of the Teachers Service Commission (TSC), KICD, and the Ministry, discussed the upgrade program for teachers. The Ministry is now in the process of advertising the upgrading Diploma program for the year 2021 as stated,” said Principal Secretary Julius Juan in a circular dated the 22nd of July 2021.
(Click to download)P1 and ECDE Upgrading Program Fee Structure for DPTE September 2021 intake
According to the CS, the blended upgrade program is set to begin when the school calendar has normalized following the disruption that the novel COVID-19 caused.
However, the way the training will be done and the time it will take for teachers to undergo the training are yet to be revealed.
Below is the full Ministry of Education’s Circular on the upgrade course.
(Click to downloadP)and ECDE Upgrading Program Fee Structure for DPTE September 2021 intake
TO: REGIONAL DIRECTORS OF EDUCATION
COUNTY DIRECTORS OF EDUCATION
SUB-COUNTY DIRECTORS OF EDUCATION
RE: UPGRADE DIPLOMA PROGRAMME FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACHER EDUCATION (ECTE) AND PRIMARY TEACHER EDUCATION (PTE) FOR THE YEAR 2021
The meeting held on 15 July 2021 at Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) chaired by the Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS) and attended by a representative of the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) and KICD and the Ministry discussed the upgrade program for teachers.
The Ministry is now in the process of advertising the upgrading Diploma program for the year 2021 as stated above.
The upgrade Diploma program due for advertisement will be for the trained teachers who are not in service and wish to upgrade from ECDE Certificate to Diploma in Early Childhood Teacher Education (DECTE) from Primary Teacher Education Certificate to Diploma in Primary Teacher Education (DPTE) respectively.
(Click to download)P1 and ECDE Upgrading Program Fee Structure for DPTE September 2021 intake
TO: REGIONAL DIRECTORS
All teachers in service with Teacher Service Commission (TSC), County Governments, and Private Schools will be expected to start the blended upgrade program when the school calendar normalizes having been disrupted by the COVID-19 Pandemic.
The purpose of this letter is to request you to communicate to all Headteachers in your jurisdiction who should subsequently inform their staff.
Julius Juan
Principal Secretary.
TSC promoted all P1 teachers (Job Group G) to Diploma grade (job grade B5) and phased out the P1 job group G.
The training that the tutors will attend will be an induction and not a strict regular exam. This means that teachers who will participate in the induction have been guaranteed a pass.
However, despite the Commission saying that it will not recruit any teacher without a Diploma, TSC did reveal via their Facebook account that the changes they are planning will not be instantaneous and that they will take time.
“Even if changes may come, they will be gradual. For now, the issue is at the debate level. No final word yet,” said the Commission via their Facebook account.
