The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has proposed the scrapping of the Bachelor of Education Degree (B.Ed).
The commission wants prospective teaching professionals to instead pursue a Bachelor of Arts or Science degree, followed by a one-year post-graduate Diploma in Education.
The new proposal is part of the plan to introduce the Competent-Based Curriculum (CBC) in the universities.
TSC argues that the changes are in line with the teaching framework and requirements of educators in the 21st century, adding that the reforms are prompted by the introduction of CBC.
In the new curriculum drafted by a team led by TSC Director of Quality and Standards (QAS) Dr. Reuben Nthamburi, aspiring teachers will be required to have a minimum grade of C+ in KCSE and a minimum of B- in three teaching subjects.
“In order to professionalize the teaching service and improve the quality of education, the commission needs to review the entry-level grades to the teaching service and advice the government. This will raise the standards of the teaching profession and attract more quality grades,” the report read in part.
Students with qualifications in subjects that are not in the new curriculum will not qualify for registration and employment by TSC even if they have a post-graduate diploma.
But the new proposal has been met with opposition from university lecturers and the Universities Academic Staff Union (Uasu), who have termed it unnecessary and baseless.
The B.Ed degree has existed as the basic training course for teaching professionals in Kenya since 1972.
Amazing, this a decision of…
Amazing, this a decision of the Universities not TSC. TSC can decide not to employ B.Ed. graduates.
I agree with those saying it…
I agree with those saying it is an unnecessary change. We need teachers to have their own path to the education sector.
Ma’am Macharia,
What the…
Ma’am Macharia,
What the hell are you smoking?
So, what’s make B-ed a bad degree?
Teaching is a noble profession…in 1972 it was seen fit to have this degree.
Please ma’am leave teachers alone…
Let teachers be teachers…
Please stop messing with Kenyans.
Right On Imkoogo. TSC is out…
Right On Imkoogo. TSC is out of touch with reality by creating this extra hurdle. It knows its own cadre of Teachers are pathetic and with the new crop of graduates post Matiangi grading, the incumbents are like dinosaurs.
TSC unbeknownst to most kenyans is just another political machine that enjoys huge power, often at the expense of the kenyan public due to the voting unions they historically controlled. Look back at the current constitution and you will be shocked to find they worked themselves in there, guaranteeing their existence in a bunch of chapters. That document curiously lists no army, navy or even GSU but TSC commission of all things has been considered a constitutional right. That Nancy Macharia CEO is a joke of a leader.
They keep watering down the…
They keep watering down the quality of education in Kenya.
What is there objective?
“In order to professionalize…
“In order to professionalize the teaching service and improve the quality of education, the commission needs to review the entry-level grades to the teaching service and advice the government. This will raise the standards of the teaching profession and attract more quality grades,” the report read in part…Is this an admission from TSC that they are lagging behind? Improving quality education should be a constant evolving thing,and not looked at when there is aproblem. The institutions of higher learning have said the proposed change is unnecessary.If we cannot listen to them, then who?