The Ministry of Education has announced the recruitment of serving teachers for a two-year full-time Special Needs Education (SNE) Diploma course at the Kenya Institute of Special Education (KISE) beginning in 2025.
The programme targets current Teachers Service Commission (TSC) employees who wish to specialise in teaching learners with disabilities.
In a statement, the ministry called on eligible teachers to apply for the in-service course, with specialisations available in areas such as visual, physical, and hearing impairments; intellectual disabilities; autism; and deafblind education.
Interested teachers in the intake have been advised to obtain the application forms from the ministry's website or visit their county and sub-county education offices.
''All serving TSC teachers wishing to be considered for admission to KISE for the two-year full-time SNE Diploma in-service course are informed that application forms are now available and can either be downloaded from the Ministry of Education website or from the nearest CDEs/SCDEs’ offices,'' the statement by Education PS Julius Bitok read in part.
Further, after filling out the application forms, the county education offices will be required to submit them to the ministry's headquarters in Nairobi.
''Duly completed application forms must be submitted personally by the applicant to the SCDE by May 9, 2025. All applications shall be remitted by the office of the SCDE to Jogoo House B, Room 710,618/19, latest May 16, 2025.''
Applicants must be Kenyan citizens under the age of 50, possess a P1 certificate, and have at least five years of service as TSC teachers.
Bitok emphasised that the registration process would be completely free of charge for the teachers.
Each applicant will be required to present their application in person and provide original and certified copies of academic and professional documents, a national ID or passport, a recent passport photo, and other relevant testimonials.
The PS clarified that visually impaired applicants are exempt from the requirement to handwrite their application forms.
Successful candidates will receive SMS notifications with details on how to access their admission letters.
