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 |
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.