Education
Seventy Technical, Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions are set to benefit from China equipment worth Sh13 billion, which is under Government-to-Government arrangement on equipping Kenya’s TVET sector.
Disclosing the agreement, the Principal Secretary (PS), State Department for Technical, Vocational Education and Training, Dr Esther Thaara Muoria, said that Kenya-China TVET Project of equipping TVET institutions, is timely and comes at a time when the TVET sector, is embracing the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR)
The PS noted that for the TVET sector to fully leverage on 4IR, there is a dire need to have the State-of-the-Art equipment in TVET institutions, adding that with the modernization of the TVET curriculum to Competency-Based Education and Training (CBET), time is ripe to have the State-of-the-Art equipment in TVET institutions, so that TVET trainees are trained in line with what the market expects.
Dr Muoria further disclosed that the equipping of the 70 TVET institutions, under the Kenya-China TVET Projects, is a tune of Sh. 13 billion loan.
PS Muoria said that the equipment is of high technology and that with the incorporation of advanced technologies into training facilities such as Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR), will help TVET trainees to gain cutting-edge skills that are highly demanded in the global labour market, which will help them to compete favorably in the labour market.
The equipment will be supplied in the following departments of the various TVET institutions; mechanical technology, electrical and electronic technology, agricultural machinery technology, mechatronics technology, agricultural value addition technology, civil and building technology, welding and fabrication technology, hospitality management technology, automotive technology and refrigeration and air conditioning technology.
Dr Muoria lauded the Government for its continued efforts, to support the TVET sector adding that currently, there are 240 TVET institutions in Kenya and that each Constituency in the country, boasts of a TVET institution.
She called on the youth to join TVET institutions, saying that TVET CDACC has been able to break down different training programmes into a skill-set that allows one to gain skills for a short time for the individual to start earning. Dr Muoria noted that with the Kenya Credit Accumulation and Transfer System (KCATS), the youth will be able to move seamlessly in their quest to gain skills in TVET institutions.