At least 13,439 slots are available in Teachers Training Colleges (TTC) for interested Kenyans, Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu has said.

The CS launched the application for placement to diploma teacher training courses, an exercise to be handled by Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS).

“For the second year running, the placement of trainees to the 32 public teacher training colleges will be handled by KUCCPS, which has opened its online portal for the application,” Machogu said.

Applicants will be seeking to fill slots in the Diploma in Primary Teacher Education and Diploma in Early Childhood Teacher Education programmes.

Speaking in Embu at the weekend, Machogu said the minimum requirement is a mean grade of C (plain) in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education examination, with no additional subject requirements.
KUCCPS chief executive Dr Agnes Mercy Wahome said the portal will remain open until July 28.

“This opportunity is for qualified KCSE certificate holders including non-Kenyan citizens who sat the exam in 2022 or earlier until the year