The former Education CS, Amina Mohamed's directive on lowering the entry grade for primary school teachers' training colleges has been overturned.
Ms Amina had proposed for the grade to be lowered to D+ (plus).
However, the teachers' employer and the national qualifications agency came to an agreement regarding the matter.
In a consent signed before High Court Judge, Weldon Korir, the Teachers Service Commission (TSC), Education Ministry and others, the Cabinet Secretary is expected to withdraw the directive.
Others that signed the directive are; the Kenya National Qualifications Authority (KNQA) and the Attorney-General.
The former Education CS believed that candidates who score D+ should consider teaching courses so as to help those who do not benefit from an equitable environment of learning.
The CS cited this would help areas of Semi-Arid Land (ASAL) and North Eastern parts of the Country, which are desperately in need of teachers.
She had insisted that most of the teachers posted in these areas flee due to terror attacks, bandit raids and cattle rustling adding that the solution would be hiring local residents until the situation is normalized.
The current entry grade for teaching is C (plain) and above.
TSC CEO Nancy Macharia wanted the court to negate the CS' any powers to determine entry grades.
