ICT Training For Teachers; 5,259 teachers in 26 counties to be trained

A total of 5,259 teachers will undergo training on Information and communications technology (ICT) integration in teaching and learning. The teachers have been selected from twenty six (26) counties across the country.

List of counties whose teachers will be trained

S/N	County	Number of teachers
1	Baringo	174
2	Bungoma	385
3	Busia	156
4	Elgeyo-Marakwet	121
5	Embu	196
6	Garissa	51
7	Homa Bay	350
8	Isiolo	30
9	Kakamega	422
10	Kilifi	164
11	Kirinyaga	151
12	Kisii	346
13	Lamu	24
14	Machakos	368
15	Makueni	382
16	Mandera	50
17	Meru	382
18	Mombasa	44
19	Nakuru	317
20	Narok	60
21	Nyamira	190
22	Nyandarua	170
23	Siaya	242
24	Tharaka-Nithi	149
25	Trans-Nzoia	239
26	Vihiga	160
	Total	5,259

The Centre for Mathematics, Science and Technology Education in Africa (CEMASTEA), which will be training the teachers, has already received the details including email addresses of teachers in your county to participate in the 2021 ICT Training.

The training will take place from 19th -30th April 2021 and it will be conducted on a virtual platform by CEMASTEA staff with synchronous sessions running from 4.00pm to 5.00pm on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

The selected teachers will be expected to work asynchronously in the Google classrooms on Tuesdays, Thursdays and over the first weekend of the training.

Teachers who shall be marking this year’s Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination and have been selected will have to be replaced immediately.

“CEMASTEA takes cognizance of the fact that during the training period, some of the teachers whose names have been submitted for training might be involved in national examinations activities. In this regard, the CTCDC is requested to establish such cases and replace the teachers who may not be available during that period.

The replacements should in line with our guidelines CEMASTEA/CDE/VOL.VI/026 dated 28th December 2020.

CEMASTEA is training teachers on innovative teaching and learning approaches aimed at developing critical thinking and problem solving skills and use of ICT in teaching and learning.

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