List of Bachelor’s Degree Courses Banned By TSC

List of Bachelor’s Degree Courses Banned By TSC

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has barred those seeking teaching jobs without valid Bachelor’s Degrees that are not following the set registration and recruitment guidelines.

This move is meant to ensure that only qualified individuals having qualifications that are inline with the commission’s recruitment guidelines are employed and allowed to teach in Kenyan schools.

“Applicants for registration whose training is in subjects that are currently NOT in the curriculum do not qualify, irrespective of having undertaken a Post Graduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) and Enhancement,” read part of the guidelines for registration of new teachers.

Initially, individuals who have done Postgraduate Diploma in Education were allowed to practice as teachers with these degrees. The commission in its guidelines has mentioned that even if you complete PGDE with these courses, you have no chance with TSC recruitment.

The commission argued that these courses do not provide adequate subject content in the two teaching subjects something that puts mastery of content into question.

On the other side, the commission admitted two sets of degree, Bachelor’s Degree in Science and arts who have a Postgraduate Diploma in Education and have specialized in the two teaching subjects are eligible for registration.

List of Degrees that have been Banned

1. Natural Resources

2. Meteorology

3. Forestry

4. Animal husbandry

5. Horticulture

6. Farm Machinery

7. Fisheries

8. Anthropology

9. Sociology

10. Theology/Divinity

11. Journalism

12. Kiswahili and Communication.

13. Business Management and Administration

14. Banking & Finance

15. Genomics

16. Actuarial Science

17. Environmental Science

18. Criminology

19. Biotechnology

20. Courses related to engineering

21. Industrial Chemistry

22. Biochemistry

23. Hospitality and Tourism

24. Food, Nutrition, and Dietetics

25. Technology and Applied Biology

26. Microbiology.

List of Bachelor’s Degree Courses Banned By TSC

List of Eligible Degrees

Those individuals with degrees in Economics/Commerce/Accounting may be allowed to apply for Business Studies.

Teachers who have done a diploma and have English/other subject can work as an English/literature teachers if they have required number of units in both English and literature.

Those with subjects like Agriculture, Business Studies, Home science and Computer studies, they can apply for registration and employment. Others must have completed the two teaching courses at KCSE as required by the commission.

Individuals who may have not taken business studies in high school, must have scored a C+ plus in mathematics at KCSE Level.

Those who might have not studied Agriculture and Home science in high School must have scored a C+ in Biology at KCSE Level.

Those teachers who have specialized in the two teaching subjects must have done at least eight units in each core subject. They must have done special methods of teaching in the teaching subjects.

Teachers who have gone for enshance and have produced the certificate is eligible for employment if at all they scored a C+ plus in the enhanced subject. These teachers must produce sufficient documentation to show the teachers have taken teaching methods in the enhanced subject.