Teachers are set to attend the second day of their Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) training on Tuesday the 1st of June 2021. A top TSC official has revealed that this will happen even though the day is a public holiday.
The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) is the organizer of the program that commenced today across the country involving three teachers in primary schools.
The three teachers in primary schools are the school head teachers, one lower primary school teacher and one upper primary school teacher.
The changes that the curriculum will come with are being passed to the teachers since they are the ones who will actually effect the changes.
Teachers will take 400/= each day for attending the training.
In a similar training in 2020, the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) protested training of teachers on Sunday.
The Union then wrote to TSC imploring the Commission to reconsider. KNUT was of the opinion that Saturdays and Sundays are considered religious days among most teachers.
The Secretary-General to KNUT Wilson Sossion said that TSC needed to reschedule CBC training to another date apart from the weekends.
“You are aware of the National Constitution and the right to worship by all citizens and considering that we are in a festive season where members are engaging in religious activities to any other than Saturdays and Sundays,” said the KNUT Sec-Gen Wilson Sossion in a letters to the TSC Chief Executive Officer Dr. Nancy Macharia.
Despite the protests, teachers were still trained on that day.
ZONAL TEACHERS TRAINING PROGRAMME
DAY 1: 31ST MAY 2021
TIME | ACTIVITY | FACILITATOR |
8:00 – 8:15 am | Arrival and registration | |
8:15 – 9:30 am | Preliminaries, Prayers, introduction of Ground rules, opening remarks | |
9:30 – 10:30 am | Session 1 : Part one Overview of Basic Eduation Curriculum Framework (BEF) Missio Vision, Pillars, Paradigm shifts, Basic Education structure | |
10:30 – 11:00 am | TEA BREAK | |
11:00 – 1:00 pm | Session 2: Part 2 Overview of the curriculum design,Components of the curriculum designs | |
1:00 – 2:00 pm | LUNCH BREAK | |
2:00 – 4:30 pm | Session 2: part Two: Overview of the curriculum designs, Inter-relationship of National Goals of Education to learning outcomes | |
4:30-5:00 pm | TEA BREAK | |
DAY 2: 1ST JUNE 2021
TIME | ACTIVITY | FACILITATOR |
8:00 – 8:15 am | Arrival and registration | |
8:15 – 9:30 am | Session 3: Curriculum designs; Part three: Developing learning outcomes, Selecting learning experiences | |
9:30 – 10:30 am | TEA BREAK | |
10:30 – 11:00 am | Session 4: Integration of; Part 4: Core competencies | |
11:00 – 1:00 pm | LUNCH BREAK | |
1:00 – 2:00 pm | Session 5: Key Inquiry questions | |
2:00 – 4:30 pm | Session 6: Integration of: Pertinent and Contemporary Issues (PCI’s) Community Service Learning (CSL) Parental Engagement and Empowerment (PEE) Learner Support Programmes (LSP’s) Non-formal activities | |
4:30-5:00 pm | TEA BREAK | |
DAY 3: 2ND JUNE 2021
TIME | ACTIVITY | FACILITATOR |
8:00 – 8:15 am | Arrival and registration | |
8:15 – 10:30 am | Session 7: Learning resources, Integration of (ICT) in learning | |
10:30 – 11:00 am | TEA BREAK | |
11:00 – 1:00 pm | Session 8: Profession Documents Part one: Scheme of work, Lesson Plan, Record of work | |
1:00 – 2:00 pm | LUNCH BREAK | |
2:00 – 4:30 pm | Session 9: Overview of special needs education (IEP) | |
4:30-5:00 pm | TEA BREAK | |
DAY 4: 3RD JUNE 2021
TIME | ACTIVITY | FACILITATOR |
8:00 – 8:15 am | Arrival and registration | |
8:15 – 9:30 am | Session 10: Assessment Part one: Competency-Based assessment, Framework Authentic Assessment | |
9:30 – 10:30 am | TEA BREAK | |
10:30 – 11:00 am | Session 10: Assessment Part Two: Authentic tasks | |
11:00 – 1:00 pm | Session 10:Assessment Part Two: Authentic Tasks | |
1:00 – 2:00 pm | LUNCH BREAK | |
2:00 – 4:30 pm | Session 10: Assessment Part Three: Practical exercises for developing authentic tasks | |
4:30-5:00 pm | TEA BREAK | |
Day 5: 4th June 2021
TIME | ACTIVITY | FACILITATOR |
8:00 – 8:15 am | Arrival and registration | |
8:15 – 9:30 am | Session 10: Assessment Session four Integrated Assessment Practical exercises for developing integrated assessment | |
9:30 – 10:30 am | Session 10: assessment Part five Competency-based assessment tools, Practical exercises on assessment tools | |
10:30 – 11:00 am | TEA BREAK | |
11:00 – 1:00 pm | Session 10: Assessment: Part Six: Assessment of core competencies, Practical exercises on assessment of core competencies | |
1:00 – 2:00 pm | LUNCH BREAK | |
2:00 – 3:30 pm | Session 10: Assessment Part Seven: Assessment of core values, Practical exercises on assessment of values | |
3:30-4:30 pm | Session 10: Assessment Part Eight Assessment Reporting and Feedback | |
4:30-4:45 pm | Way of forward and closing | |
4:45-5:00 pm | TEA BREAK | |