TSC latest circular on training of Grade 7 teachers and Principals

RETOOLING OF TEACHERS HANDLING GRADE SEVEN IN COMPETENCY BASED CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENT

Teachers Service Commission has planned the retooling of teachers who will handle grade 7 (Junior secondary) in Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) and Competency Based Assessment (CBA) with effect from 13^th to 19^th March, 2023 face to face in the Teacher Training Colleges and select venues in the County. The retooling will involve the Trainers of Trainers and Master Trainers who will offer professional support and training.

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

DATE	VENUE	ACTIVITY	MODE	PARTICIPANTS
13th             to                19th March, 2023	TTC and County select venues	Retooling                 of teachers clustered per subject	Face- to- face	Head teachers and Teachers of Languages,      Science,        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.    Head Teachers will be retooled for 3 days face to face

ii.      Teachers will be retooled for 6 days face to face

iii.  The TOTs will retool teachers for 6 days

The Master trainers will offer professional support during the retooling of teachers. The exercise will be: –

• Non-residential for non ASAL and teachers will be provided with transport refund

• Residential for ASAL and teachers will be provided with accommodation allowance
• Residential for SNE teachers in both ASAL and non ASAL and they will be provided with accommodation allowance
• Residential for TOTS, for regular and SNE and they will be provided with accommodation allowance vie The venues will be Teacher Training Colleges and or selected venues in each county.

Target Participants

Every primary school will identify 3 teachers and the head teacher for retooling as follows:

• Head teachers for both regular and SNE o Teachers with Bachelor’s Degree or Diploma in Education with at least C+ (Plus) mean grade or its equivalent and two teaching subjects.
• Teachers currently recruited for junior secondary.

The target teachers will be clustered in the following subject areas;

1. English, Literature, foreign and indigenous languages
2. Kiswahili and Kenya sign language
3. Pure sciences -Integrated science – Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Health Education.
4. Mathematics
5. Humanities — Social Studies (Citizenship, Geography, History) Religious Studies, (CRE, IRE, Hindu, FIRE and PPI) and live skills
6. Technical subjects — Pre vocational and pre career – Business Studies, Sports and Physical Education, Home Science. Art and design.

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

1. Invite the TOTs recently retooled for teacher retooling.
2. Invite the head teachers for both regular and SNE (as per data provided)
3. Invite the 3 teachers regular for retooling (as per data provided).
4. Invite teachers from Special schools, Units, and the Integrated school. (as per data provided)
5. Invite teachers from private schools and inform them to cater for expenses on transport and meals and accommodation.
6. Identify and prepare appropriate training venues – (TTCs and or appropriate venues)

DR. MUGWUK NTHAMBURI
DIRECTOR (QUALITY ASSURANCE STANDARDS)

Table 2: Number of target participants with C+ and above – (Regular)

SN	COUNTY	TEACHERS PER COUNTY
1	Baringo	137
2	Bomet	305
3	Bungoma	729
4	Busia	335
5	Elgeyo Marakwet	116
6	Embu	199
7	Garissa	4
8	Homa Bay	568
9	Isiolo	11
10	Kajiado	58
11	Kakamega	994
12	Kericho	267

13	Kiambu	171
14	Kilifi	188
15	Kirinyaga	89
16	Kisii
17	Kisumu	400
18	Kitui	590
19	Kwale	111
20	Laikipia	53
21	La mu	25
22	Machakos	495
23	Makueni	544

SN	COUNTY	TEACHERS PER COUNTY
24	Mandera	5
25	Marsabit	12
26	Meru	615
27	Migori	402
28	Mombasa	9
29	Murangra	213
30	Nairobi	18
31	Nakuru	389
32	Nandi	280
33	Narok	161
34	Nyamira	234
35	Nyandarua	159

36	Nyeri	150
37	Samburu	21
38	Siaya	489
39	Taita Taveta	59
40	Tana River	6
41	Tharaka Nithi	184
42	Trans Nzoia	279
43	Turkana	21
44	Uasin Gishu	232
45	Vihiga	322
46	Wajir	3
47	West Pokot	72
	GRAND TOTAL	11,192

Table 3: Number of target participants recruited (Regular)

TEACHERS RECRUITED IN JANUARY 2023

SN	COUNTY	NUMBER	SN	COUNTY	NUMBERS
1	Baringo	710	25	Marsabit	191
2	Bomet	822	26	Meru	1120
3	Bungoma	1208	27	Migori	851
4	Busia	662	28	Mombasa	192
5	Elgeyo Marakwet	490	29	Muranga	788
6	Embu	494	30	Nairobi	599
7	Garissa	190	31	Nakuru	1223
8	Homabay	975	32	Nandi	874
9	Isiolo	119	33	Narok	912
10	Kajiado	553	34	Nyamira	553
11	Kakamega	1449	35	Nyandarua	506
12	Kericho	742	36	Nyeri	561
13	Kiambu	846	37	Samburu	175
14	Kilifi	824	38	Siaya	800
15	Kirinyaga	342	39	Taita Taveta	274
16	Kisii	995	40	Tana River	192

17	Kisumu	792	41	Tharaka Nithi	516
18	Kitui	1475	42	Trans Nzoia	643
19	Kwale	574	43	Turkana	332
20	Laikipia	353	44	Uasin Gishu	698
21	Lamu	131	45	Vihiga	563
22	Machakos	1050	46	Wajir	238
23	Makueni	1056	47	West Pokot	629
24	Mandera	268		TOTAL	30,550

Table 4: Number of target participants (SNE)

SIN	COUNTY	Primary Schools Public	Target Number of Teachers	Trainers of Trainers TOTs
1	Baringo	9	27	3
2	Bomet	8	24	3
3	Bungoma	22	66	4
4	Busia	68		12
5	Elgeyo Marakwet	10	30	3
6	Embu	4	12	3
7	Garissa	6	18	3
8	Homabay	8	24	3
9	Isiolo	11	33	3
10	Kajiado	18	54	6
Il	Kakamega	25	75	6
12	Kericho	7	21	3
13	Kiambu	21	63	6
14	kilifi	14	42	3
15	Kirinyaga	3	9	3
16	Kisii	10	30	3
17	Kisumu	104	312	15
18	Kitui	16	48	6
19	Kwale	7	21	3
20	Laikipia	62	186	9
21	Lamu	3	9	3
22	Machakos	6	18	3

23	Makueni	7	21	3
24	Mandera	9	27	3
25	Marsabit	3	9	3
26	Meru	76	228	12
27	Migori	8	24	3
28	Mombasa	7	21	3
29	Muranga	11	33	3
30	Nairobi	9	27	3
31	Nakuru	6	18	3
32	Nandi	29	87	6
33	Narok	12	36	3
34	Nyamira	4	12	3
35	Nyandarua	5	15	3
36	Nyeri	6	18	3

37	Samburu	4	12	3
38	Siaya	36	108	6
39	Taita Taveta	14	42	4
40	Tana River	5	15	3
41	Tharaka Nithi	5	15	3
42	Trans Nzoia	7	21	3
43	Turkana	4	12	2
44	Uasin Gishu	10	30	3
45	Vihiga	15	45	3
46	Wajir	5	15	3
47	West Pokot	6	18	3
	TOTAL	745	2235	196

TABLE 5: HEADS TEACHERS REGULAR – AS AT SEPTEMBER 2022

SINO	COUNTY	NUMBER OF SCHOOLS	SINO	COUNTY	NUMBER OF SCHOOLS
1	BARINGO	714	25	MARSABIT	179
2	BOMET	673	26	MERU	664
3	BUNGOMA	749	27	MIGORI	628

4	BUSIA	368	28	MOMBASA	87
5	ELGEYO MARAKWET	391	29	MURANG’A	499
6	EMBU	380	30	NAIROBI	188
7	GARISSA	209	31	NAKURU	720
8	HOMA BAY	867	32	NANDI	729
9	ISIOLO	98	33	NAROK	698
10	KAJIADO		34	NYAMIRA	399
11	KAKAMEGA	869	35	NYANDARUA	341
12	KERICHO	550	36	NYERI	374
13	KIAMBU	434	37	SAMBURU	178
14	KILIFI	528	38	SIAYA	609
15	KIRINYAGA	193	39	TAITA TAVETA	202
16	KISII	690	40	TANA RIVER	172
17	KISUMU	504	41	THARAKA NITHI	423
18	KITUI	1366	42	TRANS NZOIA	371
19	KWALE	409	43	TURKANA	399
20	LAIKIPIA	220	44	UASIN GISHU	481
21	LAMU	109	45	VIHIGA	367
22	MACHAKOS	850	46	WAJIR	297
23	MAKUENI	889	47	WEST POKOT	656
24	MANDERA	301		TOTAL	22,482

TABLE 6 : HEAD TEACHERS SNE

S/N	COUNTY	SNE Primary Schools Public	S/N	COUNTY	SNE Primary Schools Public
1	Baringo	9	25	Marsabit	3
2	Bomet	8	26	Meru	76
3	Bungoma	22	27	Migori	8
4	Busia	68	28	Mombasa	7
5	Elgeyo Marakwet	10	29	Muranga	11
6	Embu	4	30	Nairobi	9
7	Garissa	6	31	Nakuru	6
8	Homabay	8	32	Nandi	29
9	Isiolo	11	33	Narok	12
10	Kajiado	18	34	Nyamira	4
11	Kakamega	25	35	Nyandarua	5
12	Kericho	7	36	Nyeri	6
13	Kiambu	21	37	Samburu	4
14	kilifi	14	38	Siaya	36
15	Kirinyaga	3	39	Taita Taveta	14

16	Kisii	10	40	Tana River	5
17	Kisumu	104	41	Tharaka Nithi	5
18	Kitui	16	42	Trans Nzoia	7
19	Kwale	7	43	Turkana	4
20	Laikipia	62	44	Uasin Gishu	10
21	Lamu	3	45	Vihiga	15
22	Machakos	6	46	wajir	5
23	Makueni	7	47	West Pokot	6
24	Mandera	9		TOTAL	745

TABLE 7: TOTAL NUMBER OF TEACHERS TO BE TRAINED – REGULAR

SN	COUNTY	NUMBER OF SCHOOLS	TOTAL 3 TEACHERS PER COUNTY	AND ABOVE	RECRUITED IN JAN- FEB 2023	OTHERS TEACHING GRADE 7 AND CLASS 8
1	BARINGO	714	2142	137	710	1295
2	BOMET	673	2019	305	822	892
3	BUNGOMA	749	2247	729	1208	310
4	BUSIA	368	1104	335	662	107
5	ELGEYO MARAKWET	391	1173	116	490	567
6	EMBU	380	1140	199	494	447
7	GARISSA	209	627	4	190	433
8	HOMA BAY	867	2601	568	975	1058
9	ISIOLO	98	294	11	119	164

SN	COUNTY	NUMBER OF SCHOOLS	TOTAL 3 TEACHERS PER COUNTY	AND ABOVE	RECRUITED IN JAN- FEB 2023	OTHERS TEACHING GRADE 7 AND CLASS 8
10	KAJIADO	460	1380	58	553	769
11	KAKAMEGA	869	2607	994	1449	164
12	KERICHO	550	1650	267	742
13	KIAMBU	434	1302	171	846	285
14	KILIFI	528	1584	188	824	572
15	KIRINYAGA	193	579	89	342	148
16	KISII	690	2070	468	995	607
17	KISUMU	504	1512	400	792	320
18	KITUI	1366	4098	590	1475	2033
19	KWALE	409	1227	111	574	542
20	LAIKIPIA	220	660	53	353	254
21	LAMU	109	327	25	131	171
22	MACHAKOS	850	2550	495	1050	1005
23	MAKUENI	889	2667	544	1056	1067
24	MANDERA	301	903	5	268	630
25	MARSABIT	179	537	12	191	334
26	MERU	664	1992	615	1120	257
27	MIGORI	628	1884	402	851	631
28	MOMBASA	87	261	9	192	60
29	MURANG’A	499	1497	213	788	496
30	NAIROBI	188	564	18	599	-53
31	NAKIJRU	720	2160	389	1223	548
32	NANDI	729	2187	280	874	1033
33	NAROK	698	2094	161	912	1021
34	NYAMIRA	399	1197	234	553	410
35	NYANDARUA	341	1023	159	506	358
36	NYERI	374	1122	150	561	411
37	SAMBURU	178	534	21	175	338
38	SIAYA	609	1827	489	800	538
39	TAITA TAVETA	202	606	59	274	273
40	TANA RIVER	172	516	6	192	318
41	THARAKA NITHI	423	1269	184	516	569
42	TRANS NZOIA	371	1113	279	643	191
43	TURKANA	399	1197	21	332	844
44	UASIN GISHU	481	1443	232	698	513
45	VIHIGA	367	1101	322	563	216

46	WAJIR	297	891	3	238	650
47	WEST POKOT	656	1968	72	629	1267
	TOTAL	22482	67446	11192	30,550	25704