School Heads of Departments (HODs) to be trained by CEMASTEA

Equity Bank Kenya Managing Director Moses Nyabanda (right) hands over a dummy cheque of Sh10 million to the Teachers Service Commission, Dr. Jamleck Muturi (left) and TSC Director for Administrative Services Ibrahim Mumin (centre) looks on at the TSC heads Office in Upperhill, Nairobi.

Thousands of secondary school teachers will be retooled in November in readiness for January senior school roll out.

The Centre for Mathematics Science and Technology in East Africa (CEMASTEA) will train STEM teachers and those with Technical subjects and are Heads of Departments (HODs) in their schools.

The first Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) cohorts will be transitioning to Grade 10 in January 2026, and teacher training is crucial to prepare for this transition.

All senior schools will offer STEM pathways. The Grade 9 learners did selection of pathways, tracks and subjects they will take in Grade 10.

The four day training will be done in counties from 24th to 27th November 2025.

TSC County Directors in memos sent to Sub County Directors want them to identify STEM HODs for the November county training.

“The National INSET will be conducted in Nakuru. The purpose of this letter therefore, is to request you to identify STEM Heads of Departments to attend the county INSET,” reads part of a memo by Nakuru TSC County Director.

Teachers to be listed for the training are HODs of Mathematics, Science (Physics, Chemistry and Biology), Applied Sciences (Computer Studies, Agriculture, Home Science), Technical Subjects (Electricity, Building and Construction, Metal Work, Power Mechanics, Woodwork, Marine and Fisheries, Aviation etc).

Already training of secondary school principals were started and around 7,000 principals got the training which were done both virtually and face to face.

CEMASTEA CEO, Jacinta Akatsa, says the training aims to build capacity of senior school STEM teachers on Competency Based Education (CBE).

“This will go a long way in the realization of the Ministry’s policy of having 60% of learners pursuing STEM education,” she said.

In senior school (Grades 10-12) learners shall take 7 subjects where 4 are core subjects; English, Kiswahili/KSL, Community Service Learning and Physical Education while 3 shall be selected from the pathways and tracks of choice.

CBC was first introduced in 2019 at Grade 3. Piloting of the curriculum was done in 2017 where in 2018 the national piloting exercise was carried out in schools across the 47 counties.

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