The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has announced Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) training for 6,450 teachers. The Teachers will be trained by the Kenya National Examinations Council (Knec) on Competency Based Assessment (CBA).

TRAINING OF TEACHERS ON COMPETENCY BASED ASSESSMENT (CBA)

The Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) will be training teachers on Competency Based Assessment (CBA] during the July schools holiday break from Monday 19th to Friday 27th July, 2021 in your County.

The number of participants will be 200 drawn from schools Implementing the Age Based (Regular] Curriculum and should include five (5) CSOs, five (5) QASOs, five (5) Headteachers, five (5) Deputy Headteachers and CBC Champion teachers.

The participants shall be identified  from across all Sub-Counties in your County who are teaching Grades 3, 4 and S.

Table 1: Counties Identified for Age Based (Regular) Pathway Training

COUNTIES	AGE   BASED (REGULAR)   PATHWAY TARGETED NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS
Nakuru	200
Uasin Gishu	200
Kericho	200
West Pokot	200
Kakamega	200
Bungoma	200
Vihiga	200
Mombasa	200
Kwale	200
Kilifi	200
Nyeri	200
Nyandarua	200
Kirinyaga	200
Embu	200
Machakos	200
Kitui	200
Kisumu	200
Siaya	200
Nairobi	200
Garisa	200

 

In addition, the TSC County Directors shall identify participants from schools implementing the Stage Based (SNE] Curriculum Pathway, Special Schools and Units for Learners with Visual, Hearing and Physical impairments, which should include three (3) CSO-SNE’s, one (1) QASO, three (3) Headteachers, three (3) Deputy Headteachers and the CBC-SNE Champion teachers.

The teachers should be drawn from Grade 3, 4 and 5 in schools implementing the adapted Curriculum for learners with Visual Hearing and Physical Impairments and those Implementing Foundation and Intermediate levels of stage based Curriculum Pathway.

For SNE training, participants from two (2) Counties will converge in one venue hosted in the Counties indicated in the table below:-

Table 2: Counties identified for stage based (SNE) pathway training

Host County	County	Number of participants	County	Number of participants	Total Number of participants
Mombasa	Mombasa	53	Kilifi	53	106
Meru	Meru	53	Tharaka Nithi	53	106
Migori	Migori	53	Noma Bay	53	106
Embu	Kirinyaga	53	Embu	53	106
Kakamega	Kakamega	53	Vihiga	53	106
Makueni	Kitui	53	Makueni	53	106
West Pokot	West Pokot	40	Turkana	40	80
Isiolo	Isiolo	40	Marsabit	40	80
Machakos	Machakos	53	Kajiado	53	106
Kisii	Kisii	53	Nyamira	53	106
Garissa	Garissa	40	Wajir	20	80
Baringo	Baringo	53	Elgeyo Marakwet	53	106
Bungoma	Bungoma	53	Busia	53	106
Nakuru	Nakuru	53	Laikipia	53	106
Tana River	Tana River	53	Lamu	53	106
Nyandarua	Nyandarua	53	Samburu	53	106
Kiambu	Kiambu	98	Nairobi	53	106
Uasin Gishu	Uasin Gishu	53	Trans Nzoia	53	106
Kisumu	Kisumu	53	Siaya	53	106
Narok	Narok	53	Bomet	53	106
Nyeri	Nyeri	53	Murang’a	53	106
Kericho	Kericho	53	Nandi	53	106
Kwale	Kwale	53	Taita Taveta	53	106

 

Payment rates

KNEC will reimburse the cost of:-

• Meals (two teas and snacks, two bottles of water and lunch as well as WIFI at Kshs.700/= per person per day;
• Training materials at Kshs.10,000/=;
• Transport cost for the participants.

TSC requests County Directors to:-

• Coordinate the training;
• Secure separate venues for the trainings of Regular and SNE teachers and
• Identify and officially invite the participants as stipulated in the tables above.

Also read; TSC releases a circular on CBC training 2021 (See training dates and mode of training)