Teachers to undergo mandatory CBC retraining
According to task force sources, it should take no longer than a year from the time the recommendations are approved for the TSC to transfer its training responsibilities to the ministry.
The team also suggests that the Ministry of Education create policies requiring all teachers who received their degrees prior to 2023 to complete mandatory retraining in order to comply with curricular revisions.
The team suggests taking action against a teacher who fails to complete the required retooling since they will be prohibited from teaching. In essence, this means that people who forego the retraining risk losing their jobs.
The drafting report, however, makes no mention of whether the government will pay for the retraining costs or whether the instructors will be required to pay for their own retraining.
Teachers unions have pushed for government support for this, which has been a source of friction.
CBC implementation had difficulties, according to sources in the task force, mostly as a result of insufficient teacher capacity and readiness.
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The members claim that various stakeholders criticised the TSC on the CBC trainings as being “superficial, hurried, and conducted by unqualified trainers.”
The stakeholders also criticised TSC trainers for using divergent methods to interpret curriculum designs and failing to provide thorough answers to queries.
The Kenya Teachers Training College would be the only teaching college established as part of the plan to reform education in Kenyan schools; all other TTCs would be campuses.
Teachers to undergo mandatory CBC retraining
The research also suggests decreasing, yet-to-be-determined, the entry grade for teacher training colleges in underserved areas.
According to task force sources, it should take no longer than a year from the time the recommendations are approved for the TSC to transfer its training responsibilities to the ministry.
The team also suggests that the Ministry of Education create policies requiring all teachers who received their degrees prior to 2023 to complete mandatory retraining in order to comply with curricular revisions.
The team suggests taking action against a teacher who fails to complete the required retooling since they will be prohibited from teaching. In essence, this means that people who forego the retraining risk losing their jobs.
The drafting report, however, makes no mention of whether the government will pay for the retraining costs or whether the instructors will be required to pay for their own retraining.
Teachers unions have pushed for government support for this, which has been a source of friction.
CBC implementation had difficulties, according to sources in the task force, mostly as a result of insufficient teacher capacity and readiness.
The members claim that various stakeholders criticised the TSC on the CBC trainings as being “superficial, hurried, and conducted by unqualified trainers.”
The stakeholders also criticised TSC trainers for using divergent methods to interpret curriculum designs and failing to provide thorough answers to queries.
The Kenya Teachers Training College would be the only teaching college established as part of the plan to reform education in Kenyan schools; all other TTCs would be campuses.
The research also suggests decreasing, yet-to-be-determined, the entry grade for teacher training colleges in underserved areas.
