Islamic Teachers Training College (ITTC) is registered and accredited by the Ministry of Education to offer Diploma in Teacher Education Programmes. The training is based in Competency Based Teacher Education Curriculum developed by the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD). Examination and Certification is done by the Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC). The Institution specializes in the following Teacher Education Programmes:
- Diploma in Primary Teacher Education (DPTE)
- Diploma in Early Childhood Teacher Education (DECTE)
- Upgrading Programme from P1 Certificate to Diploma in Primary Teacher Education (UDPTE)
- Upgrading Programme from ECDE Certificate to Diploma in Early ChildhoodTeacher Education (UDECTE)
The college has employed qualified and highly skilled academic staff with long standing experience in training and mentoring primary and Early Childhood teachers. The college is situated in the sprawling Mikindani area of Jomvu Sub-County, Mombasa. It is a home experience away from home for all our clients. The college is professionally managed by qualified Principal who reports to an able Board of Management. The college admits students from all backgrounds all over Kenya as long as they meet basic requirements for Teacher Education set by the Ministry of Education.
HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF ITTC
The conception of starting the Islamic Primary Teachers Training College in Mombasa was hatched far back in 1982 by a group of lecturers from Ummul-Qurah University, Makkah Saudi Arabia. This group led by Dr. Muhammad Jameel Khayati had come to Kenya to train teachers to teach Islamic Religious Education in madrasa and schools. The course was very successful. National Union of Kenya Muslims Coast Branch, which was one of the organizers proposed the idea of establishing an Islamic Primary Teachers College to alleviate the chronic shortage of Islamic Religion Education (IRE) Teachers in such that in some areas in Kenya Muslim pupils/students are taught Christian religious education (CRE).Religious studies is mandatory in Kenya Primary Education curriculum.
In 1983 the officials of the National Union of Kenya Muslim (NUKEM) coast branch were able to find a donor, the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) to construct the college. The college opened its door for the first cohort of students in September, 1994. A total number of fifty (50) male students were admitted at that time. Female students were later on allowed admission into the institution in the year 2004. Since then, the college has been admitting both male and female students from all religions and backgrounds all over Kenya into its teacher education programmes.
The Institution received its Registration Certificate from the Ministry Of Education Science And Technology 1996. The college commenced training teachers for Certificate and Diploma courses in Early Childhood Development Education (ECDE) in the year 2000. It has since blossomed into market leader in churning out competent teachers for ECDE centres and primary schools for the Coastal Region and Beyond.