The Government To Fund TPD Training Starting This July
The To fund Teacher Professional Development (TPD) training program.
TPD is set continue this July when schools close with the government covering all the costs required for the training to go ahead.
This comes after the National Treasury allocated Kshs. 1.16 billion to the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to cover the cost of the TPD training.
The allocation was done following a series of lobbying and requests being made by teachers’ unions mainly the Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) through the education and budget committees.
Teachers were initially required to pay Kshs. 6,000 for every module done after every five years.
In the training, some teachers have managed to attend the lessons physically while others have been attending the lessons via online.
The institutions that were selected to train teachers on the TPD are Mount Kenya University, Riara University, Kenya Education Management Institute and Kenyatta University and had been contracted on an annual agreement with the option of extending.
In the six modules where training is done during the holidays, teachers are given marks and after completing the modules, teachers will be eligible for re-certification and promotion since the modules have been adapted according to the Career Progression Guidelines (CPG).
Tonui has said that teachers will undergo their training in July without spending a penny.
He said that there had been concerns raised by teachers who had had a hard time obtaining the required funds for the TPD training.
He said that there had been concerns raised by teachers who had had a hard time obtaining the required funds for the TPD training.
The MPs said that TSC ought to make follow-ups with the National Treasury in order for the funds to be disbursed.
TSC introduced Career Progression Guidelines (CPG) and phased out the scheme of service for teachers where teachers used to be promoted based on their academic credentials.
The TPD faced a lot of opposition in the beginning but was eventually implemented in 2021.
TSC Chief Executive Officer Dr Nancy Macharia supports the implementation of the TPD saying that the programme updates teachers’ skills, knowledge, attitudes and values and promotes teachers’ learning communities.
According to Macharia, teachers would also be kept up-to-date with the changes in the field of academics.
The Government To Fund TPD Training Starting This July.
