TSC List Of Consequences For TPD Failures

By | November 2, 2021
TSC: List of Consequences for TPD Failures; Teachers who fail in TPD Modules at least twice to face the following consequences

TSC List of Consequences for TPD Failures; Teachers who fail in TPD Modules at least twice to face the following consequences

Teachers Service Commission (TSC) will weed out teachers who constantly present poor performance in Teacher Professional Development (TPD) training programme.

Sources say the Commission’s plan is to remain with a sophisticated pool of employees that is equipped with modern trends of education.

A concept report shows TSC has established that most teachers are inadequately trained while some do not adhere to prescribed professional standards, which adversely affect performance.

The teachers’ employer says the recent trends in Primary Teacher Education (PTE) revealed teachers’ weaknesses in ineffective teaching strategies, preparation of professional records, poor classroom management, incompetency in handling learners with special needs and weak assessment and feedback skills that necessitates the training.

TSC says some school heads are not able to analyse books of accounts, communicate effectively with teachers and parents, build a spirit of shared goals for school improvement and also have poor resource utilisation abilities.

In addition to these, TSC says content knowledge among a majority of teachers does not attain the set benchmark in English, Mathematics and Science due to poor content mastery.

It is against this backdrop that TSC is seeking to provide teachers with professional training and support throughout their teaching career.

TSC launched TPD programme on 22nd September 2021 and has since escalated campaigns for teachers to register for training which starts in December 2021.

The Commission says it has a statutory mandate through TSC Act 2012 section 11(e) to facilitate professional development for teachers.

“Section 35(2)(a) and (b) of the Act and Regulations 48 & 49 of Code of Regulations for Teachers states that, all teachers are obligated to undertake professional development courses as prescribed by the Commission from time to time,” reads TPD framework.

Despite TPD Service Providers wooing teachers to enroll for the programme, the numbers have refused to soar with most teachers choosing to abstain.

However the latest revelation that teachers who will fail their TPD tests will have only one chance to re-sit has left a section of TSC teachers shaken.

Only successful teachers will be issued with TPD points, transcript and a certificate after completion of every module.

A teacher will be issued with a teaching certificate after every five years and only after successfully taking the modules.

Those who will not have taken the Modules or failed will not be granted teaching license and may not be authorized to teach.