TSC Scraps Primary Teachers Certificate Training Course. In an ongoing review of the rules governing the teaching profession in Kenya, the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) decided to discontinue the Primary Teachers Certificate Training Course, also known as P1. This decision has caused stakeholders in the field to respond differently.
One of the legislation slated for implementation would firmly establish the diploma-level entry requirement for teacher preparation programs.
TSC is recommending that teachers receive a C plain, followed by a minimum of a D+ in mathematics and a C minus in English as part of the new modifications.
“We convened with the caucus of all deans of universities that offer teaching education last week to discuss the prerequisites for enrollment. When the education sector unites, we intend to address Parliament,” said TSC CEO Dr Nancy Macharia.
The teachers employer has also laid out a raft of measures that it says are aimed at streamlining the profession, including circumstances under which a teacher can be deregistered or punished for a number of offences including sexual one. It is also moving to establish and entrench continuous professional development for teachers.
But as the reforms take shape, teachers in the profession are set to benefit from upcoming promotions. TSC is set to promote over 30,000 teachers serving in the cadres spanning from chief principals to senior teachers and every position in between.
“We promoted 14,000 teachers in the financial year 2023/2024, in the process of promoting 36 in this financial year, we have been allocated Ksh1 billion for promotions in the financial year 24/45. So the issue of teachers stagnation will be over pretty soon,” Macharia added.
At the same time, teachers have been assured of better medical services as the teachers medical scheme continues to better its approach to the delivery of the same.
TSC has come into sharp criticism from stakeholders over some of the proposed amendment in the laws, with some accusing it of over-reaching and allocating itself powers it does not have.
TSC Scraps Primary Teachers Certificate Training Course
The TSC, however, says the move to have the reforms in the sector is guided by the provisions of the constitution as well as recommendations of the presidential working party on education reforms.