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D+ will now get you into teaching college
Narok Teachers Training College students Patricia Konana (left) and Purity Yiale pose for a photo during the institution's sixth graduation ceremony on March 22, 2018.
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What you need to know:
Certificate courses will be phased out next year, leaving only diploma programmes for primary school trainee teachers.
- According to the new rules, students seeking to study for diploma in education will need a C plain or C- in KCSE.
- Those seeking a certificate in education (popularly known as P1), will need a D+, down from a C plain.
- Last month, Education CS Amina Mohamed raised concern over the low number of students applying to join teacher training colleges.
The qualifications for students joining teacher training colleges have been lowered, amid a decline in the number of students choosing the profession in the last two years.
The Kenya National Qualifications Authority (KNQA) said the entry requirements for diploma and certificate (P1) courses have been lowered.
