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About Bachelor of Education Science programme

The Bachelor of Education (Science) program is designed to produce professionally qualified teachers who will be competent in teaching science subjects in Secondary Schools and middle-level colleges. The program has been developed in line with the requirements of the country’s secondary education system and the international standards on the graduate teacher training curriculum.

In the first year, students must take mathematics and chemistry, and any other (physics and botany/zoology) as content subjects.

In the second year of study, a student drops one of the content subjects and pursues the remaining two, one as a major and the other as a minor. The major subject is that which the student is expected to teach up to form four (IV) level of secondary school, and must therefore spend more time covering its content. For the minor subject, the student is normally taught up to form II level and the content coverage is, therefore, less and is normally completed by the end of the third year of study. The professional courses (methodology) for the two subjects are given equal emphasis.

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Objectives of Bachelor of Education Science

The Bachelor of Education (Science) Degree Programme is intended to prepare teachers for secondary schools. However, it is also suitable for people who are involved in educational management and training in tertiary institutions both in the public and private sectors. In addition, some subject combinations provide competency in Research, Planning, and Management of science and technology institutions as well as technological research practices. Students who go through the program can also become trainers in tertiary institutions as well as institutions of higher learning.

The curriculum for the BEd (Science) Programme is designed to provide adequate opportunities in both theory and practice of Education in order to train and produce qualified graduate teachers/Educators for the achievement of the national goals of Education and development.

The Programme will prepare students:

for an active and excellent career in all facets of the profession of Education;
to be active and competent in teaching two subjects at the secondary school level;
to be able to identify and develop the intellectual needs of the learner;
To gain the intellectual, professional and social characteristics that will enable them to become responsible leaders within the school and the community;
to contribute meaningfully to the national goals of Education and development;
to conduct training and carry out research in Education and in their areas of specialization and
for further Education and training in their areas of interest and specialization.

Entry requirements for Bachelor of Education Science

To be eligible for admission into the Bachelor of Education Arts program candidates must satisfy the minimum University entry requirements of mean grade C+.

In addition to meeting the minimum University general admission requirements, candidates for the BEd Arts degree program must have any of the following:

Mean grade C+ at KCSE or equivalent with at least C+ in any two (2) Arts subjects;
KACE or equivalent with at least two principal passes and a subsidiary
KCSE with a mean grade of C (Plain) or above and a Diplom in education with at least C+ in any two (2) teaching subjects.
P1 Grade trained primary school teacher with a mean grade C (plain) or above at KCSE with at least C+ in any two (2) teaching subjects.