Primary School Teachers Who Underwent CBC Training To Be Rewarded By TSC. Check The Huge Rewards Awaiting Them
Teachers with a Diploma in Primary Teacher Education (DPTE) would be given preference in Teachers Service Commission (TSC) recruitment interviews.
Around 229,000 teachers are now enrolled in one of the country’s accredited Teacher Training Colleges (TTC).
Dr. Nancy Macharia, the Commission’s CEO, said she is pleased that the KCSE results will be released soon and will aid in the implementation of the new curriculum.
P1 teachers who are updating their abilities and are among the 229,000 expected to graduate with the new Diploma have been praised by a number of Commission officials.
Mr. David Nganyi, the TSC Coast Regional Director in charge of Quality Assurance and Standards, informed the trainee teachers a week ago that they would have firsthand experience after they graduated
Nganyi claimed there is no way TSC could employ the unskilled when there are skilled workers out there during the Kenya Teachers Colleges Sports Association (KTCA) Coast Region Athletics Championship held at Shanzu TTC.
“We are eagerly awaiting your arrival; as soon as you graduate, we will immediately incorporate you as long as you pass all of your units,” Nganyi added.
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TSC Director for Quality Assurance and Standards, Dr. Reuben Nthamburi, hinted at giving priority to instructors with CBC abilities at the end of last year.
Nthamburi encouraged teachers who have not yet enrolled in the upgrade program to do so before it is too late.
A taskforce suggested that both P1 and ECDE instructors take the necessary training to keep up with the new curriculum’s demands. The program began in October of last year
DPTE Upgrade Program Assessments Registration Fees
Amount of Payment for Assessment Fees (Kes)
Basic Fee: $1,200 Assessment Fee: $1,200
2,500.00 Practicum Fee 12,000.00
15,700 in total assessment fees
The professional learning areas in the CBTEC have been updated to include new content in order to connect them with competency-based curricula.
Because the CBTEC expects a primary school teacher to be well-versed in all of the courses taught in primary schools, upgrading PTE teacher trainees will be exempted from the subjects in which they had specialized and will only study those subjects that they did not take in the certificate course.
Because the CBTEC expects a primary school teacher to be well-versed in all of the courses taught in primary schools, upgrading PTE teacher trainees will be exempted from the subjects in which they had specialized and will only study those subjects that they did not take in the certificate course.
The Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) offered the following upgrade program:
414 hours in Professional Learning Areas
2. Pedagogy and Content – 786 hours
3. 300 hours of practice
1,500 hours total
For DPTE, the upgrade program will take four terms. Despite TTC Principals’ recommendation to prolong it by six months, this term will not be extended.
Graduates of the Upgrading Program are expected to teach all of the subjects available in the training area.
The next intake for P1 teachers who desire to upgrade to the new Diploma will be in September 2022.
Blended learning and distance learning will be addressed in the future, according to the taskforce.
CALENDAR FOR DIPLOMA UPGRADING STUDENTS
Holiday 23rd December 2021 3rd January 2022 1 week
Term 2 3rd January 2022 8th April 2022 14 weeks
Holiday 8th April 2022 29th April 2022 3 weeks
Term 3 3rd May 2022 5th August 2022 14 weeks
Holiday 6th August 2022 25th September 2022 7 weeks
Term 4 26th September 2022 25th November 2022 9 week
P1 instructors who wish to advance to the Diploma Primary Teacher Education (DPTE) must achieve the following criteria:
1. The applicant must have a current PTE Certificate.
2. The Teachers Service Commission must register the applicant.
3. The course will take 1500 hours to complete.
4. The course will be entirely residential.
5. The trainee must complete all courses listed in the Diploma in Primary Teacher Education Upgrade Program.
6. The trainees are required to complete a 300-hour teaching practicum.
7. To receive the Diploma, the trainee must complete the required hours of Course Work as well as the Kenya National Examination Council’s assessment.
8. Applicants must show evidence of adhering to positive morals and values.
