Its windfall for primary school teachers after the announcement that all Grade 6 learners who completed their Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA) on Wednesday will transition to Junior secondary schools (JSS) domiciled in the existing primary schools.
This simply means that its primary school teachers who will handle the Grade 7, 8 and 9 learners starting January 2023.
A member of the Education taskforce yesterday, after a meeting with President William Ruto, revealed that TSC was ordered to do an audit of primary school teachers who have a degree or diploma requirement to teach in junior secondary.
TSC has set a Diploma as the minimum requirement for teachers who want to teach in junior secondary section.
Some of the primary school teachers who qualify to teach in Grade 7, 8 and 9 are those with the following qualifications;
1) Diploma and Degree in Special Needs Education
2) Diploma and Degree in Early Childhood Development Education
3) Diploma and Degree in Education (Primary option)
4) Diploma in Education (Secondary option)
5) Degree in Education (Secondary option) but lacking C+ at KCSE or C+ in teaching subjects.
Teachers who with Diploma selected to teach in junior secondary will start at Job Group C1 and later moved to C2 automatically after serving for three years.
Those with Degree will start at Job Group C2 and later moved to Job Group C3 after serving for a period of three years.
However the selected teachers will have to be retooled to handle subjects taught at Grade 7, 8 and 9.
The just concluded national exam done by the pioneer Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) learners will not be used for placement to JSS but rather will be “used as an assessment to monitor learning progress and provide feedback to education sector players on areas that require intervention”.
President William Ruto said after receiving a preliminary report of the Presidential Working Party on Education Reforms (PWPER).
The Ministry of Education (MoE) will provide the necessary guidelines on how the transition will be done.
The announcement is a relief to the 1,287,597 candidates registered for the KPSEA who went into the examination room unsure of their fate.
Another member of the PWPER revealed that the recommendations were made based on “logistical challenges rather than curriculum issues”.
President Ruto has also instructed the MoE, Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) and the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) “to work on modalities of fast-tracking retooling teachers to ensure the country has sufficient teachers who are compliant with CBC”.
To enhance the capacity of the teaching force, the President announced that the government will recruit 30,000 additional teachers by January.
Schools are scheduled to open on January 23, 2023.
However, it is not clear whether the teachers who will be recruited will be posted to primary or secondary schools.
How does one apply to teach in junior secondary
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Thanks for that wonderful release both to the parents, students and teachers.I recommend the training of teachers as soon as possible.
What about administraters?
What retooling does a graduate in B.ed need to teach a grade 7 learner,this is a waste of resources
It’s a good idea but most primary teachers have certificates so l would advise stakeholders to just absorb them then the teachers themselves plan to do in-service trainings especially when schools are closed to avoid shortages till all the certificates will be faced out.The firmer curriculum was that way so kindly do not lock the certificates out and keep in mind that they also have undergone CBC workshops they aren’t green
TSC thanks for working hand in hand with the government.Eventually we are going to have quality education in our country.Give notification to those teachers will teach Junior secondary in advance.stake holders should make CBC avotable to all parents.
Am Betty Musya 9years after training as a p1,, please l have been applying but all in vain, please please may you consider me this time around.
Well put,but with a salary increment coz of the work load
What about teachers who are already in C3 they will move to?
Kindly those teachers who are already in C1,will they move on to C2 or wait for another 3years to be taken to C2?
Add more money and everything will be alright
What about those of us who are certificate holders and we do not have fees for the uprade… please give us our fate
Kindly consider C+ B- and holders of P1 certificates already at C1 we shall go ahead and make them degree certificates school based!
What about those with masters degrees?
So are the learners going to change uniforms???
How is application done for joniuor secondary?
Are p1 teacher included in the 30k recruitment?
Am a p 1 holder had a B_ in kcse and am undergoing TPD training.Should i first join University to attain a degree then TPD later for me to teach in junior secondary??
Great news…..any need to apply ama it shall be automatic
I would like to apply l have done a diploma in special needs education, how do l apply pliz
Will a person with diploma ecde be employed .
Tsc should just be human and considerate enough to some of us who did P1 course 13 years ago still patiently waiting for employment.
please TSC to consider the chronological age and the year of graduation in the forth coming recruitment. A 39 year old teacher who has been patiently waiting for the TSC employment for the last 13 years should be considered
Consideration be given to teachers who sent copies of their certificates for promotion by TSC but were only served with acknowledgement letters.
Its now time for diplomas and degrees to receive their promotion,,, years back we were served with acknowledgment letters and told communication will be done later….hallooo later is now…