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)
