The Teachers Service Commission has instruced public School teachers to renew their teaching certificates after every five years in new policy.
Speaking during the launch of the Teachers Professional Development (TPD) in Kenya, Teachers Service Commission CEO Dr Nancy Macharia said the program remains a lifelong learning program implemented in six different levels each taking five years to complete.
“Section 42 of CORT on performance standards requires that all teachers undertake teacher professional development program so that they keep themselves at par with the emerging trends in education.”She said.
The program seeks to ensure that teachers learning experience is linked to classroom practices ,address the identified gaps in TPAD process by individual teachers, able collaborative engagements among teachers and stakeholders resulting in a strong community of practice.
Every teacher registered by the commission in Kenya is required to identify and register with one of the accredited service providers to undertake the program.
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Civic education will be conducted by the commission to enable teachers to know when and how to register with any of the providers mainly through the online.
Dr Macharia has thanked the teachers unions (KNUT, KUPPET and KUSNET) and associations KESSHA and KEPSHA for engaging in consultations on the proposed program ahead of its launch.
Mount Kenya University, Kenyatta University, Riara University and KEM have been selected as the TPD service providers to implement the program.
