Teachers To Undergo Mandatory CBC Fresh Training In New Proposal

All teachers wishing to continue teaching in primary and secondary schools will be required to retake fresh training to align themselves with the demand of the new Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC). This is part of the recommendation of a draft report by the presidential working party on education reform.

The report was presented to the President at the State House on Tuesday, August 1, the task force stated that it was important to retrain teachers on the changes in the curriculum. The training is expected to last for a year.

The team however proposes that the training should be conducted by the ministry of education, a shift from the previous arrangements where the CBC trainings were conducted by the Teachers Service Commission, TSC.

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“The Ministry of Education to develop guidelines on how all teachers who graduated before 2023 undergo a mandatory one-year retooling and upgrading program for compliance with the curriculum change,” read the recommendation in part.

According to Professor Raphael Munavu, to achieve the retraining of teachers, he directed the university to develop comprehensive Faculty Staff programs in preparation for competency-based teacher education

The task force also proposes action against teachers who miss the mandatory retraining as they will not be allowed to teach. This means that teachers who skip the retraining will be rendered jobless.

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The task force also recommended C (plain) as the grade for individuals to be admitted into pre-service teacher education to boost the number and quality of teachers entering the profession,

Currently, for Diploma in Early Childhood Teacher Education, a person should have attained a C (Plain) in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) or its equivalent in SS. Other pre-service courses that require a C (plain) include Diploma in Secondary Teacher Education, Diploma in Special Needs Education, and Diploma in Technical Teacher Education.

“Establish Kenya Teacher Training College (KeTTC) to administer all Pre-service teacher training colleges (TTCs) as campuses. Further, develop a framework to ensure optimal utilization and sharing of resources,” added the recommendations.

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“MoE to establish a Kenya School of Teacher and Education Management (KeSTEM) as a corporate body to coordinate all In-service programs for institutional leaders and education officers. Additionally, KeSTEM will offer CPD for teachers utilizing facilities of Kenya Teacher Training Colleges (KeTTC).”

However, admission requirements for the Bachelor of Education degree programs shall, however, continue to be determined by the Universities’ Senates. On the other hand, TSC will offer all education graduates an opportunity to undertake a mandatory one-year internship program upon completion of Pre-service training.

In the report, the task force recommended that nursery, primary and junior schools will collectively form a lower school, to be called Comprehensive School, which will be headed by a principal.

Nursery, primary and junior school sections will each be headed by a teacher to be called deputy principal. Nursery schools are currently under the management of county governments.

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