New TSC Entry Requirements in KUCCPS Application: Education Arts, Science, Special Needs & IT

The majority of 2022 KCSE candidates are finding it hard to pick suitable courses following the new TSC entry requirements for both Education Arts and Science-related courses.

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As a result, these minors risk missing suitable varsity courses after a period of celebrating good grades in the recently released Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education.

New TSC entry requirements in KUCCPS Application

Education and theology have for a long time been accepting low-grade applicants but that is no longer the case.

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TSC advisory indicates that the Ministry of Education will only accept applicants with the following subject minimums regardless of their mean score.

BSC Education Arts

Course	Minimum grade
Maths	D+
English	C

Arts teachers must also have a minimum of a B- (minus) in the two teaching subjects.

BSC Education Science

Course	Minimum grade
Maths	C
English	C

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On top of that, interested science teachers must have a minimum of a B (plain) in the two teaching subjects.

BSC Education Special Needs

Course	Minimum grade
Maths	C
English	C
Kiswahili	C

Special needs educators must also have a minimum C+ (plus) in the two teaching subjects.

BSC Information Technology

Course	Minimum grade
Maths	C
English	C

Elsewhere, Diploma in Education students will no longer teach in secondary school.

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The new TSC entry requirements are causing heartache to thousands of learners who cannot find a suitable course to pursue.