The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has announced today that it will not register teachers who will train in subjects that are not in their current curriculum.
Applicants who wish to register with TSC are graduates from subjects which are not presently in the syllabus. Fresh teachers who have done Post Graduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) and/or Enhancement are not eligible despite being part of the guidelines for registration.
Those who have done PGDE with these courses are not eligible for registration as a teacher. These courses do not provide sufficient subject matter and therefore mastery of the material in the two teaching subjects is not sufficient as necessary.
However, the commission states that ‘Bachelor of Science or Arts degree, as well as Post Graduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) and 2 teaching subjects are eligible for registration.
Below is the complete list of Bachelor of Science and Arts degree teaching courses which are banned by TSC.
Training Area / Course
1. Natural Resources.
2. Meteorology.
3. Forestry.
4. Animal Husbandry.
5. Horticulture.
6. Fishing.
7. Anthropology
8. Sociology.
9. Theology
10. Journalism.
11. Kiswahili and communication.
12. Business Management / Administration.
13. Banking and Finance.
14. Actuarial Science
15. Environmental Science.
16. Criminology.
17. Biotechnology
18. All Engineering Related Courses
19. Industrial Chemistry.
20. Genomics.g/divinity.
21. Agricultural Machinery.
22. Biography
23. Environmental Science.
24. Criminology.
25. Biotechnology.
26. All Engineering Related Courses
27. Biochemistry
28. Hospitality and Tourism
29. Food, Nutrition and Dietetics.
30. Technology and Applied Biology.
31. Microbiology and Industrial Chemistry.
