Bachelor of Education degree (B.Ed) will soon be scrapped as the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) proposes new course requirements.
TSC in new guidelines will require all aspiring teachers to undertake a Bachelor of Arts degree and a post-graduate diploma before they are employed by the TSC.
The BA will take three years while the postgraduate diploma is expected to take one year.
“All the 8-4-4 and Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) students must undertake first, Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science courses for a period of three years majoring on the key subjects and, thereafter, undertake a Postgraduate Diploma in Education for a period of one year for teaching at junior and senior school and SNE (Special Needs Education),” proposal state according to Nation.
TSC Quality Assurance Director Reuben Nthamburi said that the new change is expected to take effect in September 2021.
This move according to Nthamburi will augur well with the planned shift to Competence-Based Curriculum (CBC).
“In order to professionalise the teaching service and improve the quality of education, the commission needs to review entry grades to the teaching service and advice the national government.
“This will raise the standards of the teaching professional and attract more quality grades,” stated Nthamburi in the report.
The new requirements going by TSC proposals are that each candidate must have attained a mean grade of C+ in their Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) and a minimum of B- (minus) in either sciences or arts.
Other proposals include a minimum of a diploma into the teaching career for all levels while entry to colleges and universities for students aspiring to be teachers will be demand-driven.
