The following categories of teachers will be introduced by TSC from January 2023 onwards. The first Teacher Professional Development Group (TPD) will be introduced by the Teacher Service Commission (TSC) in 2023.
According to sources, teachers will dominate when TSC advertises.
According to sources, teachers will dominate when TSC advertises.
After the induction module is completed in December 2022, the first TPD team will receive their TPD credentials.
After completing five units, some of the teachers who serve the afternoon and evening TPD classes have received certification. The following topics are covered in the introductory module.
Teacher profession
EdPedagogy, inclusive practice and CBC
Assess Ass
Health and safety in schools across the board
Finnish Financial Literacy and Instructional Leadership
On September 22, 2021, TSC requires all registered and commissioned teachers to complete a six-module course that will serve as a foundation for future employment and development.
According to TSC, as the module is embedded in professional development regulations, teachers will be qualified for promotion and re-certification after completing the module.
Teachers who successfully complete the module will receive TPD points and a certificate. Scores are important and will be considered in promotional interviews.
For each module, which lasts for five years, each teacher must pay Sh6,000 before moving on to the next module.
Funding for the TPD training program expected by President William Ruto’s government is yet to be determined.
Kenya’s Kwanza Education Charter includes a commitment to fund TPD.
Document that teachers participate free of charge in all government-sponsored capacity building programs.
However, since taking office, the president or his vice president, Rigathi Gachagua, has mentioned the program once.
These two focus mainly on two other important promises he made to teachers.
But he showed what President Ruto’s administration would do. The President said on October 25, 2022, it is not mandatory to send trained people to school.
President Ruto said, “There is no need to send someone who knows this to school; give exams and papers and let them get on with it,” he said.
This was expressed as a response to the government’s decision to reduce the amount of 1.02 billion allocated to TSC to train teachers in Competency Based Curriculum (KBK).
All signs point to TPD continuing. This comes after the Education Task Force recommended that teachers receive new training to familiarize them with the new curriculum.
The Kenya Institute of Educational Management, Mt Kenya University, Kenyatta University and Riara University were chosen to host the vocational training.
According to TSC, in 2023, more schools and colleges will be asked to invite professors to TPD training.
After the petition challenging the implementation of the TPD program was rejected, the court allowed the KPK to move forward with the program.
Mr Joseph Ngethe Karanja appealed to the Labor and Industrial Relations Court in Nakuru to have the program canceled on the grounds of violation of teachers’ rights and lack of public participation.
But Justice David Nderitu gave the TSC advance authorization to implement the TPD program after determining that the procedure was constitutional.