Bachelor of Education Arts Available Subject Combinations

In this article, we provide details on the available Bachelor of Education Arts subject combination as per the guidelines of TSC in Kenyan Universities for those intending to pursue a Bachelor of Education (Arts) degree in Kenya.

In Kenya with the rate of unemployment extremely high, you stand a better chance of being recruited as a teacher if you choose a marketable combination of subjects to specialize in.

One way of choosing the best subject combination approved by TSC us by doing research on the vacancies that TSC and Boards of Management if Schools are having difficulties to fill.

Some of the subjects that are facing a big shortage of teachers at the secondary school level in Kenya as per data gotten from recent TSC recruitment drives and the Kenya Secondary Schools Association are as follows:

Drawing and Design
Home Science
Art and Design
Agriculture
Physics
Chemistry
Music
Computer Studies

Other subjects experiences teachers shortages include:

Bachelor of Education – Arts available subject Combinations

The table below provides some of the available marketable subject combinations

ARTS COMBINATIONS
SUBJECT 1	SUBJECT 2
Geography	CRE
Geography	History
Geography	IRE
Geography	Business
Geography	Kiswahili
Kiswahili	CRE
Kiswahili	IRE
History	Kiswahili
History	CRE
Arabic	IRE
Mathematics	Business Studies
Mathematics	Geography

You can choose any subject combinations at secondary school level from the following units in Universities like Kisii University, Egerton etc.

Geography
Economics
History & Government
Religious Education
English
Kiswahili
Mathematics
Business Studies
Literature in English
Computer Studies

Which Universities Offer BeD (Arts) in Kenya?

Some of the universities that offer BeD (Arts) in Kenya include:

MKU School of Education – MKU also offers courses in Education Management for those looking for promotions.
Moi University
Kenyatta University
University of Nairobi
Maseno University

What are the minimum admission requirements for Bachelor of Arts?

As a student you have to meey the set entrance requirements as per the university you wish to join.

The requirements are as follows:

KCSE minimum mean grade of C+ or
KACE with 2 Principal Passes (at least) and 1 Subsidiary or
KACE with 1 Principal (at least) along with 2 Subsidiary Passes or
KCE with Division 2 (at least) or an equivalent qualification or
Diploma/S1 Certificate (Arts Teacher Education) from any recognized institution

TSC also requires you to have scored at least a C+ in your KCSE in both subjects you wish to specialize in.

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