The Teachers’ Service Commission (TSC) has emphatically announced that it will not give up its stand regarding the admission requirements for those who wish to join the teaching service.
Teacher employers in the country revealed that some of the letters written by teachers to the commission had multiple spelling mistakes.
The Commission’s Quality Assurance and Standards Director (QAS) Ruben Nathamburi said they want to professionalize the teaching service to match other professions such as law, engineering and medicine; He said that they have already told the universities what kind of teacher they want.
He said that the challenge facing him at present is that some teachers cannot communicate effectively, due to which the Kenya University and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) has reduced grades. C (plain) in both English and Maths for all of them.
Those who wanted were motivated to implement them strictly. Bachelor’s degree in Education in both Arts and Sciences during recent placements.
He said, ‘You saw in the newspapers when we said that we want the program to be restructured properly, what happened? Shout, that this can’t work.
You know change is painful and always resisted. But what we’re talking about is TSC customers.
The teacher’s selector noted to Dr. Nathamburi that he continued: “The challenges we face today, if you look at some of the letters being written by teachers, there are a lot of spelling mistakes … we teachers want someone who can communicate well.”
Dr. Nathamburi, who represented the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Commission, Dr. Nancy Macharia, most recently in Naivasha, accompanied Dr. Ellis on CBC Sensitization and chaired the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development for the Senate Committee on Education. (KICD) in his address, he stressed that in order to professionalize the teaching service and integrate it with other professions, the entry requirements should be strictly followed and in this case the vocational development training teacher professional development (TPD) should be introduced. is required. need, and then think about how teachers will be remunerated and motivated.
The question is what do we want best for our teachers, for the future of a teacher in the country; 21st century teachers..we want a professional teacher, and we are not counting on him, Dr. Nathambari.
Nathambari said that universities should understand the new areas of education and emerging issues so that they can align their content accordingly, and revealed that they have previously met all the vice-chancellors of the universities and soon they will all join the university.
Will meet Vice Chancellor and Faculty. Deans will consider how they will align their courses with a policy called the Framework on Entry Requirements in Teaching Services formulated by Dr. Nathamburi; and sensitize the Dean of the University, School of Education, on the teacher education framework on the requirements for entry into the teaching service.
As per the proposed policy, the Commission seeks to reform (change) the Bachelor of Education programme; Which is one of the most famous and popular programs offered in almost every university in the country, and has been replaced with Bachelor of Arts (BA) or Science (BSc) with Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGD).
The commission was of the view that from September this year, universities should start offering this program which will take three years along with one year for PGD.
This means that in the near future, the commission will register and appoint teachers only after the successful completion of the professional postgraduate diploma.
The proposed policy framework will have an entry grade in BA or BSc, Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education Mean (KCSE) grade WB- (minus) and average grade C+ in the three teaching subjects.
This was a change from the current requirement where the university in its final report allows students in undergraduate education programs to have a minimum KCSE average grade of C+ (plus) and above or its equivalent C+ (CBC Education Task Force) in two subjects of specialization. Is. , Admission Grant. Recommended that the University Education Commission (CUE) should accelerate the development and review of university programs to align with the proposed three pathways to senior secondary school.
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