By Lydia Ngoolo
The Kenya Teacher Training Colleges (TTCs) Principals Associations Nairobi region chairman Margret Kahiga has said TTIs are looking forward to admitting quality students and offer them quality education.
Speaking at Mwingi Teachers Training College during private and public TTC principals meeting, Kahiga welcomed the recent raise of the qualification grade for students joining TTIs.
“That’s a clear indication that we will be admitting and training high qualified teachers,” she said.
Kahiga told the meeting that the current scheme focuses so much on Competency Based Curriculum and all the colleges now compliant.
“Sports is much emphasised and we are deeply in it,” Kahiga.
She lamented that some colleges like Narok and Kitui have no students but hoped that they will now still get more admissions.
She pointed out that Machakos and Thogoto TTC are the CBC piloting colleges and they are ready to train the teachers.
The vice chairman Nairobi region and host Director Julius Mutukaa of Mwingi TTC expressed his joy that with the current Basic Education Act, private institutions have been recognised.
He thanked the ministry of education for allowing private and public sector to work together as a team.
Mutukaa called for continued partnership and called upon other stakeholders to join them.
“Let us all bear in our mind that no leaner is private, only the institutions are private,” Mutukaa.
