“It is, therefore, necessary that their curriculum be competency-based and that in their training, they are appropriately inducted and experienced in the use and application of high order thinking skills,” Kerre said. The statement released yesterday seems to support the ongoing admissions by private teacher training colleges.
Education Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed gazetted the KNQA standards that set C– (minus) as the minimum diploma entry grade and D (plain) for certificate courses. Sunday Standard has established that private Teachers Training Colleges (TTC) and some public institutions are already taking in students based on the new entry requirements. The move is likely to set graduate teachers against TSC as the employer already said it will not recognise them. Sources revealed that some private colleges have already seized the opportunity to take in more students as it emerged that admission numbers had been dwindling. “In some colleges, there are more trainers than students. For instance one college has 67 trainers against 167 students and this is because there were insufficient numbers to admit,” said one of the principals. The chairperson of public teachers training institutions, Soul Barasa, however, said the 31 public TTCs are still waiting for a circular from the ministry. “If they cannot give us a circular, we cannot admit. If TSC rejects those we train who will employ them? We expect KNQA, TSC and the ministry to agree and send us a circular,” Mr Barasa said.
