TSC Completely Bans The Following 26 Teaching Courses
26 Bachelor of Science and Arts Degree Teaching Courses have just been outlawed by the Teachers Service Commission (TSC).
Teachers who have successfully completed these courses and were preparing to apply for TSC registration will now need to find employment elsewhere.
Regardless of having completed a Post Graduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) and/or Enhancement, applicants for registration whose training is in disciplines that are currently NOT on the curriculum do not qualify. The requirements for new instructors’ registration are stated.
“Those who completed a PGDE with these courses are NOT qualified for teacher registration. These courses don’t cover the necessary amount of material, therefore two teaching subjects don’t have the necessary level of content mastery. The instructions go into more detail.
However, the commission emphasises that two teaching specialties and a Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) are adequate for registration, in addition to a Bachelor’s in Science or the Arts.
The TSC contends that the material covered in these curricula is insufficient, leading to inadequate subject knowledge in the two teaching areas.
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TSC will only permit the registration of Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science programmes that include a PGDE in two teaching specialties.
TSC Completely Bans The Following 26 Teaching Courses
Attending the 44th National KESSHA Conference in Mombasa is TSC CEO Dr. Nancy Macharia; photo courtesy
The TSC directive has left many recent graduates feeling very disappointed and irritated because they had hoped to register with and be hired by the Teachers Service Commission.
The following 26 teaching programmes that lead to a Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts degree have been outlawed by TSC:
1 Natural resources
2 Meteorology
3 Forestry
4 Animal husbandry
5 Horticulture
6 Farm machinery
7 Fisheries
8 Anthropology
9 Sociology
10 Theology/Divinity
11 Journalism
12 Kiswahili and Communication
13 Business Management/Administration
14 Banking and Finance
15 Genomics
16 Actuarial science
17 Environmental science
18 Criminology
19 Biotechnology
20 All courses related to engineering
21 Industrial Chemistry
22 Biochemistry
23 Hospitality and tourism
24 Foods, nutrition, and Dietetics
25 Technology and applied biology
26 Microbiology
