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Storm over teachers’ new training requirement

Education Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohammed speaks after chairing stakeholders' meeting on curriculum reform. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

A storm is brewing in the education sector over a proposal to raise teacher training grades to B- (minus).

A teachers’ needs assessment report released yesterday finds that teacher education requires major reforms that include scrapping certificate courses and setting diplomas as the minimum training level.

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