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