The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has proposed new tough requirements and qualifications for one to study Education. This will affect all the levels including the University and college for both Secondary school teachers.
The following are the new requirements that one will be expected to have in order to study a Bachelors Degree in Education for the Junior Secondary School teachers and the Senior Secondary School teachers.
- C+ and above as the overall grade
- B- in both Mathematics and English
- C+ in the teaching subjects of interest
This will indeed lock very many people out of the teaching profession especially the requirement to have a B- in both Mathematics and English. These are always very tough and challenging subjects for many students, raising the bar so high will therefore mean that, there are very many people who will miss out on the chance of becoming teachers either on the basis of their mathematics or English grades.
The training period will also increase from four years and they will therefore study for five and a half years. The teachers will also take three teaching subjects as opposed to the previous one of only two teaching subjects.
The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has also scrapped off bridging courses. This therefore means that, if a candidate fails in either of the subjects especially Mathematics and English, then they will not be allowed to do a bridging course in order to help them to study Education.
The following are the requirements for one to pursue a Diploma in Secondary Teacher Education (DSTE).
- C + as the overall KCSE Mean Grade
- C in English
- D+ in Mathematics
This will also hinder many people from studying Diploma in Secondary Teacher Education because the previous qualifications required them to have an overall Grade of C in KCSE.
If the proposal will be adopted, then many people will be locked out from being teachers and it will help the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to control the high number of unemployed teachers who graduate annually to join others who have not yet been absorbed.
