With the new policy shift, teacher trainees will also be required to train two subjects of their choice.
This is a departure from the current establishment where teacher trainees are taught in all the subjects offered.
In a speech read by Rift Valley Deputy Regional Coordinator of Education, Lawrence Kaburu, Kipsang said plans to replace the P1 courses are underway.
Despite the quarterly grants TTCs receive to support their recurrent expenditure, a number of challenges still face the sector, notably infrastructure, which is poor.
“Ministry of Education CS is engaging with the National Treasury so that funds for the improvement of the colleges’ facilities can be provided,” he added.
A number of Principals have raised concern that TTCs are given the least priority in the country unlike other sectors, such as Technical Training Institutions.
Besides poor infrastructure, a number of students come from humble backgrounds where fees payment is a big challenge.
