Good News to the Following Category of Primary Teachers to Be Promoted to Teach Junior Secondary in 2023
Grade 6 newcomers who completed their Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA) on Wednesday final week are going to be domiciled in primary schools as per the suggestions exceeded over to the president through the taskforce.
As a result, commencing in January 2023, primary school teachers will start working in junior secondary faculties (JSS), particularly in Grades 7, 8, and 9.
The Teachers Service Commission (TSC), in accordance to contributors of the Presidential Working Party of Education Reforms (PWPER), has been ordered to pick which teachers to instruct in junior secondary.
The Diploma is the minimal prerequisite distinct by means of the Commission for teachers who desire to instruct at the junior secondary level.
Primary faculty teachers who are certified to teach in Grades 7, 8, and 9 encompass these who:
✓Special Needs schooling certificates and degrees
✓Early Childhood Development Education diplomas and degrees
✓Degree and Diploma in Education (Primary Option)
✓Certificate in Education (Secondary Option)
✓lacks a C+ in KCSE or a C in educating courses but has a degree in training (secondary option).
The Ministry of schooling below Cs Ezekiel Machogu stated placement of grade 6 students in JSS will not be based on the outcomes of the lately accomplished countrywide checks taken by way of the first cohort of Competence-Based Curriculum (CBC) students. Instead, it will serve as an comparison to song students’ development and give input to other schooling stakeholders.
Additionally, it will disclose data about trouble spots that want fixing.
For the greater than 1,287,597 Candidates who took the KPSEA exam without knowing their fate, the announcement comes as a massive relief.
On the equal note,30,000 extra teachers are predicted to be hired with the aid of the authorities by January, even though the precise date has not be regarded untill the authorities sets it. The twenty third day of January 2023 will see the begin of the new academic year in schools.
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