Teachers will continue bearing the cost of paying Sh6,000 for the refresher courses fronted by the Teachers Service Commission.
The National Assembly budget committee led by Kanini Kega disclosed that there was no budget allocation for the same.
“There is no budget provision to cater to training teachers under Teacher Professional Development despite the House having approved a report that recommended the government takes up the cost,” the report reads.
This, even as the National Assembly education committee led by Florence Mutua approved the inclusion in the budget.
“This means teachers will continue to be burdened by the costs associated with this training,” the report reads.
Teachers Service Commission developed one TPD module; the remaining will be achieved in the second half of the year.
The commission targeted to train 5,000 teachers, however, 20,000 more enrolled on the program.
While submitting the commissions’ estimates, TSC finance manager Cheptumo Ayabei said the commission had put that into consideration.
“This is something we thought should be met just like other teachers’ provisions,” he said.
Previously, TSC boss Nancy Macharia said the program is a stand-alone project that needs a separate budget to be factored in.
TPD seeks to help teachers renew their professional certificates after every five years.
The teachers will now be required to undertake in-service professional training lasting for five years and get their certificates renewed.
The professional development will run for 30 years and has six modules each lasting five years.
MPs also questioned the TSC internship policy which requires a trained teacher to be below 35 years for them to be hired as an intern.
“This has disadvantaged teachers who are above this age since priority is given to those teachers who have gone through an internship," the report reads.
They said the policy has been a disadvantage to teachers above the required age who seek to secure permanent teaching jobs.
