TSC Recruitment Of P1 Teachers Reforms. As the Commission firmly intends to have all teacher recruits have at least a C in general examinations, teachers who scored below the TSC minimum subjects grades suggested by TSC may face difficulties.
Furthermore, TSC mandates that all instructors hold a D plain in mathematics from the KCSE.
To be eligible to teach, the instructor also needs to have received at least a C- in English.
The declaration was made in response to a suggestion on minimum entry level revisions for those seeking teaching positions that TSC had tabled.
TSC Recruitment Of P1 Teachers Reforms
TSC has now decided to eliminate the P1 Certificate Level of education for teacher candidates as part of this plan.
As contained in its most recent proposal, the commission is seeking to have a Diploma Certificate as the lowest level of study for all teachers .This also covers those training to teach at ECDE level of education.
In its defense for this move , the commission has announced that this measure is meant to improve the performance of candidates in the national exams.
The TSC director of lawa also observed that over the past few years , analysis done on KCSE results shows that the worst subject performance in the Republic of Kenya at KCPE or KCSE is Mathematics and English Language subjects.
For those teachers already in training who did not meet the newly set requirements, TSC promised to have a discussion with the Ministry of education to find the way forward.
Macharia observed that there could be teachers who are currently in colleges who may not have the necessary requisite qualifications .
To these teachers , the Ministry and the commission will know at the end of the day how to handle their cases.
TSC said that changing of the above grades is meant to improve the academic standards of the country to higher levels.