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Teacher Professional Development (TPD)

Court Makes Decision on TPD That Excites Teachers

Join Our Telegram Group The Labor Law Court has stopped the implementation of the Teacher Professional Development (TPD) that was set to commence this month. In the Friday ruling Friday, the judges said that the programme intended is not valid because there is no TSC regulation on TPD. “The teacher professional development will not be […]

TSC Tells Teachers TPD Is Not a Punishment

Join Our Telegram Group The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has refuted suggestions that the Teachers Professional Development (TPD) is meant to be a punishment to teachers. The TSC Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr Macharia reassured teachers that the TPD programme is meant to equip teachers with skills to be able to tackle global trends in […]

‘Hired Goons’ Disrupt KNTPG Meeting

Join Our Telegram Group A Kenya National Teachers Pressure Group (KNTPG) meeting was on Friday disrupted by an unknown group of individuals who claimed that they had received orders to stop the meeting. The group of individuals comprised five individuals who had T-shirts that looked similar to the ones worn by the KNTPG group members […]

Only 20000 Teachers Register for December TPD Throwing TSC Plans In Disarray

The Teachers Service Commission’s (TSC) plans are in disarray as teachers have ignored the Commission’s directive to register for the Teacher Professional Development (TPD) training with a meagre 20,000 teachers have registered to the programme. According to the Commission, all serving teachers will be given a teaching certificate in the programme. The certificates will be […]

TSC insists on Public School teachers being CBC-Compliant

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has insisted that more than 300,000 who are unemployed have to attend the ongoing upgrading programme in order to be compliant with the new Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC). The message was hammered home with the Commission declaring that TSC will not automatically take them in even if they complete the upgrading […]

TSC Rolls out Refreshers Courses That Will Affect Teachers’ Careers

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) rolled out the Teacher Professional Development (TPD) programme on the 22nd of September 2021 at the Centre for Mathematics, Science and Technology Education in Africa (CEMASTEA) in Karen, a move that is set to have huge ramifications on the teaching landscape. The TPD will commit teachers in all public schools […]