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Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC)

TSC Could Use P1 Teachers in JSS in the Meantime Due to Delays in New Recruits

Join Our Telegram Group The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) is grappling with delays in the recruitment of Junior Secondary School Teachers with the pioneer Grade 7 learners of the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) learners joining today. According to reports, the Commission could use primary school teachers (P1 teachers) to teach in Grade 7. Admission of Grade […]

Ministry of Education Issues Guidelines for Junior Secondary Education

Join Our Telegram Group The Ministry of Education has released guidelines for the implementation of the Junior Secondary Schools (JSS) Curriculum. The released guidelines will enable current primary school administrators to implement the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC). The guidelines will address many issues including financial management and government allocation of finances, the structure of leadership in […]

TSC to Train 90,000 Grade 7 Teachers between January and April

Join Our Telegram Group The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) is set to train 90,000 Grade Seven teachers in the coming months, The teachers are the ones who will be hired and shall be sent out to schools by the 30th of January to teach Grade 7, learners. The TSC Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr. Nancy […]

KUPPET Wants Boarding Schools Abolished

The Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET)  has voiced its support for additional day schools and advocated for the abolishment of boarding wings in sub-county schools. KUPPET also lauded the Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu’s proposal to introduce day wings in boarding schools. The teachers’ union also proposed that the government abolishes boarding sections […]

KNEC Reveals Grade 6 KPSEA Results will be out Tomorrow

According to the Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC), the 1.26 million pupils who sat for their Grade 6 summative assessment will get their results tomorrow Monday the 16th of January 2023. “We are working towards that, as we had earlier planned in December, as we shall have the results on Monday, in case the council […]

TSC Begins Deployment of P1 Teachers to JSS by Asking For Details

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has begun the process of deploying teachers to Junior Secondary Schools (JSS) by asking for details of P1 teachers. The teachers will assist in covering the notable teacher shortages once schools reopen for the first term of this academic year. TSC asked primary school headteachers to fill and submit a […]

Primary School Teachers with a Diploma or Degree to join Junior Secondary

Primary school teachers who have completed upgrading their PTE certificates to Diplomas and a Degree are set to join Junior Secondary School (JSS) to help in teaching Grade 7 learners in junior secondary school in 2023. The Teachers Service Commission wants a minimum of 60,000 teachers to teach Grade 7 learners starting January 2023. At […]

KNUT Wants C (Plain) Teachers to be posted in Secondary Schools

The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) wants the Teachers Service Commission to consider deploying teachers who attained grade C (Plain) in their national examinations to secondary schools. Currently, the Commission only recruits candidates who attained grade C+ to teach in secondary schools. KNUT Secretary-General Collins Oyuu lauded the government’s move of gathering views from […]

KICD Releases Junior Secondary School Syllabus

The Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) has released the consumer rights syllabus for 2023 Grade Seven learners. This was revealed through a joint statement with the Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK), KICD revealed that the syllabus was important due to the emerging trends on consumer rights in light of digital financial services. The syllabus […]

60,000 Teachers Undergo Training to Handle Pioneer JSS Class

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has trained 60,000 secondary school teachers on the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) who are going to handle the pioneer CBC class in Junior Secondary School (JSS). The Chairperson of the Commission Jamleck Muturi revealed that around 229,000 primary school teachers have been trained on the CBC. “As we prepare for the […]

Recruitment of P1 Teachers with CBC Diploma Upgrade to Be Prioritized

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) is set to prioritize the recruitment of P1 teachers who have undertaken the Competency-Based Teacher Education (CBTE). According to a recent advert released this week on recruitment of teachers, the Commission revealed that the teachers will be prioritized during the upcoming recruitment exercise. “Teachers with Upgrade Diploma in Primary Teacher […]