The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has announced Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) training for teachers. The Teachers will be trained by the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) on Competency Based Assessment (CBA).
In order to train junior high school teachers in pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) in languages and humanities, the TSC has started the recruiting process for county trainers. The County Teacher Capacity Development Committees (CTCDC) in each county will be in charge of the hiring procedure.
Each CTCDC has published an advertisement encouraging interested parties to submit an application. Last month, these teachers received refresher training in the competency-based curriculum (CBC) and competency-based assessment (CBA).
The junior secondary school teachers had five days of retooling while the school heads underwent three days of retooling. The commission specifically targeted instructors in four topic areas throughout the training
CBC Learning Areas JSS Teachers Were Trained
- Mathematics
- Kiswahili and KSL
- English, Literature, foreign and indigenous languages
- Pure sciences include integrated science which has three components i.e Biology, Physics, and Chemistry, and also in Health Education.
- Humanities which comprise social studies housing citizenship, Geography, and history), Religious studies have CRE, IRE, HRE, FIRE, and PPI as also life skills.
- Technical subjects which have pre-career and pre-vocational studies, Business studies, sports and physical Education, Home science, and art and design.
The TSC recently promoted about 7,282 primary school teachers who had the qualifications to teach in junior secondary. Those who were promoted were those who had a diploma or degree in Education and had scored a mean grade of C+ and a C+ in the two teaching subjects.
The commission is currently focusing on the JSS teachers during the April break for additional PCK training. The second stage of the teacher deployment program for primary schools is still in progress.
According to information obtained following a proposal to lower the mandatory study areas from 12 to 10, students in JSS will have a lighter task.
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