The Ministry of Education has announced the stoppage of the admission of Primary Teachers as Competence-Based Curriculum (CBC) takes effect in Kenyan schools.
Education Principal Secretary Belio Kipsang on Thursday announced that the decision will take effect beginning this month.
Kipsang, however, said that the Teachers Training Colleges (TTCs) will be allowed to admit diploma teachers, who will report starting January 2019.
The process of selecting students to join these colleges will be undertaken by the Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service.
Kipsang also said that the implementation of the CBC at both the pre-primary and early grade levels in primary schools continues to be embraced across the country.
He also said that Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) has been tasked with the development of a framework teachers will use at the classroom level.
“It is for this reason that the Ministry has decided there will be no intake for pre-primary 1 and P1 primary training this year. The teacher training colleges will be expected to start preparations for the diploma in primary education courses which will start on September 2020,” read part of the circular released to schools.
The government has been committed to ensuring the new curriculum works to counter cases of unemployment in the country.