JSS teachers warned against failure to attend CBC retooling

Teachers Arena

3 weeks ago

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) officials have warned junior secondary school (JSS) teachers against missing the Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) training that starts on Monday, 2nd December.

TSC County, Sub County and Curriculum Support Officers (CSO) have warned of disciplinary action against those teachers who will miss the three day retooling without permission.

The TSC officials have asked teachers facing challenges like sickness, maternity etc to seek permission from relevant authorities.

TSC together with Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) will retool the JSS teachers on competency based curriculum (CBC) and competency based assessment (CBA).

The Commission targets at least 56,000 teachers currently serving in JSS section including the intern teachers.

The four day training targets teachers of Languages, Sciences, Mathematics, Humanities and those handling Technical subjects.

The teachers will be paid some allowance for the three day attendance. Teachers in Asal and hard to stuff areas will get upto sh 12,000 while those from other regions will get sh 3,000 for the three days.

When TSC CEO Dr. Nancy Macharia appeared in Parliament over questions on JSS transition she outlined the Commission preparedness for the transition to Grade 9, noting that it has recruited 48,550 teachers over the past two financial years.

Of these, 39,550 are interns, while 9,000 were employed on permanent terms. Also a total of 8,378 primary school teachers were deployed to JSS in the last two years, raising the total number of JSS teachers to 56,928.

Currently TSC is recruiting another 20,000 teachers on internship terms for junior secondary schools.

Below is a memo that was released by the Commission guiding the December retooling exercise.

TEACHERS SERVICE COMMISSION

INTERNAL MEMO

TO: TSC REGIONAL DIRECTORS
TSC COUNTY DIRECTORS

REF: TSC/DTPM/CDS/40/VOLII/124

RE: INSTRUCTIONS TO TSC REGIONAL AND TSC COUNTY DIRECTORS ON RETOOLING OF TEACHERS HANDLING GRADE 7 AND 8 IN COMPETENCY BASED CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENT

The Teachers Service Commission has planned the retooling of teachers handling grade 7 and 8 (junior school) in Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) and Competency Based Assessment (CBA) with effect from 20th November to 5th December, 2024.

The model of training will be smart cascade and it will involve the training of Master Trainers who will then train the Trainers of Trainers and thereafter offer professional support during the teachers face to face training in the country.

The dates for the face to face smart cascade model of training are as follows;

DATE	VENUE	ACTIVITY	MODE	PARTICIPANTS
20^th to 22^nd November, 2024	KISE	Training of Master Trainers both regular and SNE	Face to face	Master Trainers (MTs) drawn from TSC, KICD, KNEC, KEMI, CEMASTEA, MOE, KISE and TTCs
27^th to 29^thNovember, 2024	County select venues	Training of Trainers of Trainers (ToTs) regular and SNE	Face to face	Trainers of Trainers (ToTs) drawn from CSOs, Teacher Educators from TTCs and QAS, TSC SCDs and JS teachers
30_^th November, 2024	County Sub County	Sub County and Zonal training coordination	Face to face	Master Trainers, ToTs and County Directors
2^nd to 5^th December, 2024	County select venues	Retooling of teachers clustered per subject	Face to face	Teachers of Languages, Sciences, Mathematics, Humanities and Technical subjects

The Mode of training

The model of retooling will be smart cascade done face to face using a multi-agency approach.

The teacher capacity development will be conducted as follows;

i. The Master Trainers will train the Trainers of Trainers (ToTs) who are Curriculum Support Officers, Teacher Educators (Tutors), TSC sub county directors and MOE Quality Assurance Officers and champion teachers for 3 days

ii. The ToTs will train teachers face to face for 4 days

iii. The Master Trainers will offer professional support during teacher training

iv. The exercise will be residential for ASAL and SNE, but Non residential for non ASAL

V. The venues will be Teacher Training Colleges and or select venues in the county

Target Participants

The participants for retooling are JSS teachers handling grade 7 and 8 both regular and SNE for junior school and pre-vocational.

The teachers will be clustered as per the learning areas; English, Kiswahili/Kenya Sign Language (KSL), Mathematics, Religious Education, Social Studies (including Life Skills Education), Integrated Science (has Health Education), Pre-Technical Studies, Agriculture and Nutrition, Creative Arts and Sports.

The purpose of this MEMO is to kindly request you to:

i. Nominate and Invite the TSC sub county Directors, Curriculum Support Officers, Tutors, teacher champions, JS teachers and MOE Quality Assurance Officers for TOT and teacher training for both regular and SNE (as per data provided) ii. Invite JS teachers per school (regular) for retooling (as per data provided).

iii. Invite 3 teachers per SNE School. One teacher from Special Units and One teacher from the integrated school. (as per data provided)

iv. Coordinate the sub county and zonal training

v. Invite 3 teachers from private schools and inform them to cater for expenses on transport and meals and accommodation.

vi. Identify, Procure and prepare appropriate training venues for regular teacher training

vii. Identify, procure and prepare appropriate SNE training venues

viii. The venues identified must be convenient and with appropriate infrastructure.

ix. Prepare teacher training report and submit to the Director TPM

x. Submit summary training data as per template provided

DR. MUGWUKU NTH MBURI, F. AFTRA
DIRECTOR (TEACHER PROFESSIONAL MANAGEMENT)

DATA ON TARGET PARTICIPANTS

A) TRAINERS OF TRAINERS (TOTs) REGULAR PER COUNTY

The table gives a summary of expected TOTS per county

Table 1: ToTs per county —Regular

SN	COUNTY	COUNTY	SUB COUNTY DIRECTORS	CSOs REGULAR	OTHER TOTs	TOTAL TOTs
1	Baringo	BARINGO	7	49	26	82
2	Bomet	BOMET	5	34	17	56
3	Bungoma	BUNGOM	13	34	23	70
4	Busia	BUSIA	8	16	12	36
5	Elgeyo Marakwet	ELGEYO MARAKWET	4	26	14	44
6	Embu	EMBU	6	17	12	35
7	Garissa	GARISSA	13	15	15	43
8	Homa Bay	HOMABAY	10	42	24	76
9	Isiolo	ISIOLO	6	8	7	21
10	Kajiado	KAJIADO	8	15	12	35
11	Kakamega	KAKAMEGA	13	35	19	67
12	Kericho	KERICHO	6	31	17	54
13	Kiambu	KIAMBU	15	28	21	64
14	Kilifi	KILIFI	9	17	12	38
15	Kirinyaga	KIRINYAGA	5	11	7	23
16	Kisii	KISII	11	43	26	80
17	Kisumu	KISUMU	8	33	20	61
18	Kitui	KITUI	18	50	33	101
19	Kwale	KWALE	6	14	9	29
20	Laikipia	I-AIKIPIA	6	19	12	37
21	Lamu	I.AMU	3	7	5	15
22	Machakos	MACHAKOS	9	40	23	72
23	Makueni	MAKUENI	9	41	25	75
24	Mandera	MANDERA	12	13	12	37
25	Marsabit	MARSABIT	9	16	12	37
26	Meru	MERU	16	32	20	68
27	Migori	MIGORI	12	68	24	104
28	Mombasa	MOMBASA	6	10	7	23
29	Murang’a	MURANGA	9	31	19	59
30	Nairobi	NAIRCBfr	11	12	12	35
31	Nakuru	NAKURb	11	35	22	68
32	Nandi	NANDI	6	38	20	64
33	Narok	NAROK	8	30	19	57
34	Nyamira	NYAMIRA	5	22	13	40
35	Nyandarua	NYANDARUA	10	16	13	39
36		NYERI	8	23	14	45

37	Samburu	SAMBURU	3	10	7	20
38	Siaya	SIAYA	7	32	19	58
39	Taita Taveta	TAITA TAVETA	4	10	7	21
40	Tana River	TANA RIVER	5	10	7	22
41	Tharaka Nithi	THARAKA NITHI	7	23	14	44
42	Trans Nzoia	TRANS NZOIA	5	19	12	36
43	Turkana	TURKANA	11	19		44
44	Uasin Gishu	UASIN GISHU	6	24	14	44
45	Vihiga	VIHIGA	5	12	11	28
46	wajir	WA-IIR	14	16	14	44
47	West Pokot	WEST POKOT	6	21	13	40
TOTAL			394	1167	730	2291

B) Table 2: ToTs per county SNE

SN	COUNTY	SNE CSOs and ToTs
1	BARINGO	7
2	BOMET	5
3	BUNGOMA	13
4	BUSIA	8
5	ELGEYO MARAKWET	4
6	EMBU	5
7	GARISSA	6
8	HOMA BAY	8
9	ISIOLO	6
10	KAJIADO	8
11	KAKAMEGA	11
12	KERICHO	6
13	KIAMBU	8
14	KILIFI	6
15	KIRINYAGA	4
	KISH	7
17	KISUMU	12
18	KITUI	17
19	KWALE	4
20	LAIKIPIA	6
21	LAMU	2

22	MACHAKOS	7
23	MAKUENI	9
24	MANDERA	9
25	MARSABIT	6
26	MERU	10
27	MIGORI	10
28	MOMBASA	3
29	MURANG’A	4

30	NAIROBI	6
31	NAKURU	11
32	NANDI	6
33	NAROK	8
34	NYAMIRA	4
35	NYANDARUA	2
36	NYERI	4
37	SAMBURU	3
38	SIAYA	6
39	TAITA TAVETA	3
40	TANA RIVER	2
41	THARAKA NITHI	3
42	TRANS NZOIA	5
43	TURKANA	7
44	UASIN GISHU	6
45	VIHIGA	3
46	WAJIR	7
47	WEST POKOT	7
TOTAL		304

TARGET NUMBER OF TEACHERS PER COUNTY

Table 3: Target number of Teachers per county (REGULAR)

JUNIOR SCHOOL TEACHERS – DISTRIBUTION PER COUNTY

	COUNTY	JSS TEACHERS 30550	JSS TEACHERS 18000	JSS TEACHERS DEPLOYED	TOTAL
1	BARINGO	710	574	108	1392
2	BOMET	822	553	293	1668

3	BUNGOMA	1208	454	672	2334
4	BUSIA	662	261	351	1274
5	ELGEYO MARAKWET	490	375	82	947
6	EMBU	494	354	113	961
7	GARISSA	190	159	7	356
8	HOMA BAY	975	386	536	1897
9	ISIOLO	119	78	22	219
10	KAJIADO	553	381	141	1075
11	KAKAMEGA	1449	479	943	2871
12	KERICHO	742	485	238	1465
13	KIAMBU	846	533	222	1601
14	KILIFI	824	512	230	1566
15	KIRINYAGA	342	271	42	655
16	KISII	995	691	284	1970
17	KISUMU	792	249	501	1542
18	KITUI		758	624	2857
19	KWALE	574	398	133	1105
20	LAIKIPIA	353		74	671
21	LAMU	131	89	28	248
22	MACHAKOS	1050	655	471	2176
23	MAKUENI	1056	552	490	2098
24	MANDERA	218	229	7	454
25	MARSABIT	191	150	21	362
26	MERU		468	517	2105
27	MIGORI	851	389	463	1703
28	MOMBASA	192	128	47	367
29	MURANGA	788	635	109	1532
30	NAIROBI	599	424	117	1140
31	NAKURU	1223	698	486	2407
32	NANDI	874	580	247	1701
33	NAROK	912	618	256	1786
34	NYAMIRA	553	403	110	1066
35	NYANDARUA	506	324	163	993
36	NYERI	561	415	75	1051
37	SAMBURU	175	133	32	340
38	SIAYA	800	420	371	1591
39	TAITA TAVETA	274	188	67	529
40	TANA RIVER	192	156	17	365
41	THARAKA NITHI	516	314	175	1005
42	TRANS -,OIA	643	325	283	1251
43	TURKANA	332	260	54	646
44	UASIN GISHU	698	362	257	1317
45	VIHIGA	563	254	239	1056
46	WAJIR	238	205	4	447
47	WEST POKOT	629	431	111	1171
	TOTAL	30500	18000	10833	59,333

A) TARGET NUMBER OF TEACHERS PER COUNTY SNE

Table 4: SNE Target number of Teachers per county (SNE)

SN	COUNTY	Primary Schools Public	Target Number of Teachers
1	Baringo	9	27
2	Bomet	8	24
3	Bungoma	22	66
4	Busia	68	204
5	Elgeyo Marakwet	10	30
6	Embu	4	12
7	Garissa	6	18
8	Homabay	8	24
9	Isiolo	11	33
10	Kaj iado	18	54
11	Kakamega	25	75
12	Kericho	7	21
13	Kiambu	21	63
14	kilifi	14
15	Kirinyaga	3	9
16	Kisii	10	30
17	Kisumu	104	312
18	Kitui	16	48
19	Kwale	7	21
20	Laikipia	62	186
21	Lamu	3	9
22	Machakos	6	18
23	Makueni	7	21
24	Mandera	9	27
25	Marsabit	3	9
26	Meru	76	228
27	Migori	8	24
28	Mombasa	7	21
29	Muranga	11	33
30	Nairobi	9	27
31	Nakuru	6	18
32	Nandi	29	87
33	Narok	12	36
34	Nyamira	4	12
35	Nyandarua	5	15
36	Nyeri	6	18

37	Samburu	4	12
38	Siaya	36	108
39	Taita Taveta	14
40	Tana River	5	15
41	Tharaka Nithi	5	15
42	Trans Nzoia	7	21
43	Turkana	4	12
44	Uasin Gishu	10	30
45	Vihiga	15	45
46	wajir	5	15
47	West Pokot	6	18
	TOTAL	745	2235