By Dennis Bett
Head Teachers from Bungoma County have welcomed the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) requirement for a post-graduate certificate.
The Principals said the move will help make scholars take the teaching profession seriously.
Bungoma Kenya Secondary Schools Heads Association (KESSHA) Chairman Edward Bikala however said TSC should give a clear timeline on when they want it implemented so that it is not seen to be hurried.
He was speaking during the 2021 KESSHA confrence held at a hotel in Eldoret whose them was ‘Education in the New Era.”
He pointed out that those who have already graduated with the Bachelor’s of Education Degree (BED) should be absorbed first.
He added that the move will protect the teaching profession in terms of quality delivery just like other courses like law which requires a two year post-graduate diploma.
“As teachers of Bungoma, we welcome the move to obtain a certificate course because it will give clout to education profession,” said Bikala.
Mr Bikala decried the effects that Covid-19 has had on teachers in the County, saying it has greatly hampered learning in schools.
He said the infrastructure grants given to schools are inadequate to cope up with the 100 percent transition which has pushed schools to seek for support from other donors.
Bikala called upon the Ministry of Education to increase funding to help cope up with the new challenges arising from pandemic and the growing number of students joining secondary schools.
He said that they are working on ways of ensuring that Bongoma County produces more quality grades in KCSE to increase the number of students joining university.
“We have rolled out strategies like benchmarking with other best performing schools in the country as well as doing joint exams” he said.
