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The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has proposed the scrapping of the Bachelor of Education Degree (B.Ed).
The commission wants prospective teaching professionals to instead pursue a Bachelor of Arts or Science degree, followed by a one-year post-graduate Diploma in Education.
The new proposal is part of the plan to introduce the Competent-Based Curriculum (CBC) in the universities.
TSC argues that the changes are in line with the teaching framework and requirements of educators in the 21st century, adding that the reforms are prompted by the introduction of CBC.
In the new curriculum drafted by a team led by TSC Director of Quality and Standards (QAS) Dr. Reuben Nthamburi, aspiring teachers will be required to have a minimum grade of C+ in KCSE and a minimum of B- in three teaching subjects.
“In order to professionalize the teaching service and improve the quality of education, the commission needs to review the entry-level grades to the teaching service and advice the government. This will raise the standards of the teaching profession and attract more quality grades,” the report read in part.
Students with qualifications in subjects that are not in the new curriculum will not qualify for registration and employment by TSC even if they have a post-graduate diploma.
But the new proposal has been met with opposition from university lecturers and the Universities Academic Staff Union (Uasu), who have termed it unnecessary and baseless.
The B.Ed degree has existed as the basic training course for teaching professionals in Kenya since 1972.
The commission wants prospective teaching professionals to instead pursue a Bachelor of Arts or Science degree, followed by a one-year post-graduate Diploma in Education.
The new proposal is part of the plan to introduce the Competent-Based Curriculum (CBC) in the universities.
TSC argues that the changes are in line with the teaching framework and requirements of educators in the 21st century, adding that the reforms are prompted by the introduction of CBC.
In the new curriculum drafted by a team led by TSC Director of Quality and Standards (QAS) Dr. Reuben Nthamburi, aspiring teachers will be required to have a minimum grade of C+ in KCSE and a minimum of B- in three teaching subjects.
“In order to professionalize the teaching service and improve the quality of education, the commission needs to review the entry-level grades to the teaching service and advice the government. This will raise the standards of the teaching profession and attract more quality grades,” the report read in part.
Students with qualifications in subjects that are not in the new curriculum will not qualify for registration and employment by TSC even if they have a post-graduate diploma.
But the new proposal has been met with opposition from university lecturers and the Universities Academic Staff Union (Uasu), who have termed it unnecessary and baseless.
The B.Ed degree has existed as the basic training course for teaching professionals in Kenya since 1972.
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