The Bachelor of Education (Arts) Programme at Egerton University is designed to prepare teachers and Educators within the teacher training prescriptions of the Ministry of Education and the Secondary School system in Kenya. The BEd programme is run on an integrated basis where the professional and academic contents are offered concurrently as determined by the country's Teacher Training Component (TTC).
In addition to Foundation Courses in Education, students will be expected to choose two other subjects that are offered in the service departments. These subjects must correspond to the curriculum offered in Secondary Schools and other equivalent institutions in Kenya‟s Education system.
In order to design a balanced curriculum to accommodate the professional and academic requirements, courses from ten (10) subject areas provide flexible subject combination. The departments are:-
- Psychology, Counselling and Educational Foundations
- Curriculum, Instruction and Educational Management
- Literature Language and Linguistics
- History Philosophy and Religion