TSC updated credentials for a P1 instructor in Kenya to instruct JSS.
TSC has kept sending P1 teachers to educate JSSs around the nation since the introduction of CBC. P1 instructors must, nevertheless, fulfill a few minimal qualifications in order to be assigned by the Teacher Service Commission (TSC) to teach JSSs. However, how much are you aware of the TSC requirements in Kenya for P1 teachers who wish to teach JSS? An instructor supporting students in the classroom.
In place of the 8-4-4 system, the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) was implemented in 2017. According to the CBC curriculum, junior secondary school is a post-primary education level that comes under the Middle School Education level. Students moving from grade 6 to grade 7 are admitted. TSC is charged with the responsibility of deploying instructors to teach pupils in junior secondary.
What credentials are required to work as a junior secondary school teacher? The requirements for teaching JSS differ based on the applicant’s status as a graduate student or diploma holder. Graduate instructors who fulfill the following minimal standards are eligible to instruct JSS:
Kenyan primary school teachers’ TSC credentials must have a TSC teacher registration.
an average score of C+ (plus) at the KCSE and C+ (plus) in each of the two topics that are now taught under 8-4-4 or CBC.
Two (2) teaching subjects and a bachelor’s degree in education (secondary option) are required.
Holders of a Bachelor of Education (Primary Option) are ineligible. Two teaching subjects are included in the Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Education and Extension.
two teaching subjects from a Post Graduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) combined with a Bachelor of Science or Arts degree.
two teaching subjects for a Bachelor of Science with Education or Bachelor of Arts with Education Each of the two teaching subjects requires at least eight units of study for admission to university.
In order to instruct junior secondary school students, the instructor needs to have completed CBC training. In-class practical instruction on CBC.
Lowering the conditions for teacher deployment to junior secondary has become necessary. You are also eligible to teach junior secondary education if you completed bridging courses prior to obtaining a degree and entered the university with a KCSE mean grade of C (plain).
requirements in Kenya for P1 teachers teaching JSS Are P1 teachers who received a C+ in the KCSE going to teach junior secondary? Due to a lack of junior secondary instructors, TSC is being obliged to assign P1 teachers who meet the requirements to teach JSS. To teach junior secondary, a P1 teacher must fulfill a few prerequisites, though. Among them is the P1 certificate.
a mean KCSE grade of C+ combined with C+ grades in the two current 8-4-4 or CBC teaching courses.
a national diploma in education, or a higher degree.
Teachers who are blind or visually impaired and who enrolled in a diploma program in education and received a mean grade of C (Plain) in each of their teaching topics are also qualified.
In order to instruct junior secondary school pupils, the teachers need to have completed CBC training.
TSC updated credentials for a P1 instructor in Kenya to instruct JSS.
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