By Azael Masese
Teachers have been urged to take positively opportunities offered to improve on their teaching methodologies.
Nairobi County TSC Deputy Director Milton Oyugi said the trainings seek to make the teachers better in front of learners.
Speaking at St Georges Girls’ during the closing of a five-day training for mathematics, physics, chemistry and biology teachers from Nairobi County, Oyugi said any negative attitude associated with the training is detrimental.
“The Commission takes the training very seriously and any negative attitude shown by those who skipped the training will not be accepted,” he said.
He said that those who missed the holiday exercise will be issued with show case letters.
“The exercise is part of the larger efforts to professionalize teaching and those who skipped the training have to explain why,” he stated.
The Government, he noted, had spent numerous resources for the training and any teacher missing does not augur well with objectives of improving the learning outcomes.
“Resources have been spent for capacity building thus teachers need to take it seriously and change the attitude since it is critical for their career growth,” he said.
The training is part of the larger Teacher Performance Appraisal Development (TPAD) teachers go through to sharpen their teaching skills.
Esther Maina, Westlands Sub-County Quality Assurance and Standards Director lamented that the negative attitude exhibited by some teachers who skipped the exercise.
“The five day training equipped the teachers with pedagogical skills since whatever you learnt can be used to change the learning outcome in a positive manner,” she noted.
Maina stated teachers need the passion and knowledge to serve the teaching profession and described the small per cent that skipped the event as a tragedy.
She stated that performance in the target subjects is wanting hence the need for the teachers to take any training positively.
The training was organised by the Centre for Mathematics, Science and Technology Education Africa (CEMASTEA), under the Strengthening Mathematics and Science in Secondary Education (SMASSE), over 11,000 teachers underwent the training.
