Fate Of TSC Teachers Without Degrees. The administration has been requested by the Senate to provide openness regarding the fate of instructors who possess Primary instructors Education Certificates (P1) and Early Childhood Development Education (ECDE) credentials.
It follows the Ministry of Education‘s most recent guidelines policy, which stipulates that instructors in elementary and special education must hold at least a Diploma.
Sen. Munyi Mundigi of Embu asked the Standing Committee on Education for a statement, arguing that the government should offer direction about the circumstances and prospects for the affected teachers in the future..
Declare how many educators with P1 and ECDE certifications are now working for the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) and county governments, according to Mundigi.
Additionally, he requests that the government supply the schedule for the suggested upgrading program so that the less-qualified instructors can complete the necessary diploma programs in accordance with the directives of the Ministry of Education.
He asked greater clarification on the status of the Blended Upgrading Program, which was originally supposed to begin post-normalization of the school calendar following disruptions caused by the Covid-19 Pandemic and was stated in Ministry circular NO. MOE HQS/3/1/ (50).
Fate Of TSC Teachers Without Degrees
In addition, Mundigi requests that the government take action to help TSC teachers who have been denied the chance to further their education to a diploma level due to the Blended Upgrading Program’s cancellation.
It was recommended by a task force that mandatory training for P1 and ECDE instructors start in October 2021. At the conclusion of the training, the learners received a Diploma Certificate.
There are four DPTE (Diploma Elementary Teacher Education) positions available in the upgrading program, and five DECTE (Diploma Early Childhood Teacher Education) positions.
Both will require the whole amount of time allocated for homework and practice. Program graduates teach every subject provided in the training area.
The total number of material and academic hours for the upgrade programs for DECTE and DPTE is 1176 hours and 786 hours, respectively.
Although 300 hours of teaching practice are required for both PTE and ECDE upgrades, DECTE upgrades include all subject areas and require more hours than PTE upgrades.
Only subjects that they did not learn in college are studied by P1 teachers.