Lower grade teachers across the country have been invited for a two day induction dubbed Kenya primary literacy program (KPLP), commonly known as Tusome.
The programme, organized by the Ministry of Education (MoE) and the Teachers Service Commission (TSC), is funded by USAID.
Unlike the first round, the programme will involve both public and private primary schools in the country.
According to the USAID review, Tusome has impacted highly on early literacy among lower classes learners as more than 35 per cent of learners showed significant gains in reading over the life of the programme. This has necessitated the cascading of the programme to include all the lower primary grades across the country.
KPLP’s objective is to improve learning outcomes through enhanced literacy instructions, strengthening educational institutions and systems to sustainably deliver quality education, and to use data to inform decision making and enhance community and family support for learning by educating caregivers and facilitating youth lead groups after school support.
The programme will run for 5 years among all learners and teachers of grade 1 to 3, and all heads of institutions and their deputies in all the regular and special needs schools for the hearing and visually impaired.
Already, preparatory workshops for Trainers of Trainers have been concluded for the Monday and Tuesday training of QASOs, CSOs and champion teachers.
On Thursday and Friday, lower primary teachers will be equipped as the schools prepare to open.
The programme will be purely grounded on Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC).
The return of the literacy programme will not only stimulate learning but will go a long way in equipping teachers with new methodologies that bolster reading among the Kenyan children.
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By Joseph Kiptoo
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