TSC Asks All Teachers To Attend New TPD Training During Holiday

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The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has asked teachers to prepare the resumption  of the Teacher Professional Development (TPD) training programme that will be offered in various approved centres by the commission.

Unlike in the past , this year’s TPD  programme has gained support from the government which aims at ensuring that there is Quality in teaching and learning experiences in all schools.

To ensure smooth running  of this program , TSC made an invitation on whose deadline was 14th February 2024 , asking all education institutions wishing to provide training to teachers  to submit  their application to be considered for hosting.

The training is expected to kick off  from December 2024 , during school holiday when schools will be closed .

Even with this announced, it is not yet clear whether teachers will continue make own subscription to to so called controversial programme or it is the  government carry the fees burden.

According to teachers , the ball still rolls back to the president who had earlier promised during his political campaigns in 2022 that he would shoulder the cost of training for teachers.

The president had promised that government should support the capacity building trainings among them teacher Continuous Professional Development that should be undertaken by trainers on free cost.

TSC introduced TPD in September 2021 which is exactly two years ago amid protests from teachers upon launching the first launched the programme.

Riara University and the Kenya Education Management Institute were  selected to offer the professional training to teachers.

Mt Kenya University and Kenyatta University were also among the four institutions offering this programme.

TSC TPD invitation for institutions wish to offer Training for teachers

TSC TPD invitation for institutions wish to offer Training for teachers ; Image/File

Those Teachers who enrolled for TPD program were required to pay sh 6,000 yearly for six modules that takes a period  of  years for each complete.

During the last training, those teachers who attended TPD sessions engaged in it during evening and night classes and later they  were served with certificate after finishing 5 areas of the introductory module.

The important  introductory module areas that were covered include:
a.Teacher Professionalism
b.The CBC Pedagogy and Inclusive c.Practices
d.Assessment
e.Comprehensive School Health and Safety
f.Instructional Leadership and Financial Literacy.

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