The Technical Vocational Training Institutes (TVETs) Authority has intensified campaigns to streamline the operations of all technical institutions to ensure that they provided proficient labour market oriented training to those enrolling for various courses.
According to the Director General Kipkurui Lang’at, the authority has continue to incorporate various organisations with expertise to monitor the quality of technical skills passed to various trainees and their suitability.
Increased enrollment for courses in the 2023 as a result of major marketing and boost in the government funding of the sector, Lang’at said, calls for prudent and efficient teaching at the institutions.
In a report, the director said that the demand for international standards in quality of skills imparted on Kenyans become even more heightened.
This, he clarified, is due to the fact that more school leavers prefer skills offered at the TVETs.
“That shift from university to technical careers may be a step in bridging the gap between skills and industry needs,” said Lang’at, adding that universities across the country are also establishing and strengthening TVET units to attract Kenyans seeking technical skills.
The government according to the Principal Secretary (PS) in the Ministry of Education in charge of Technical Vocational Training Institutes (TVETs) Dr Esther Thaara Muoria launched the authority in 2023 to register and regulate the sector.
As a means of ensuring that the technical courses offered by the TVETs equipped beneficiaries with skills marketable in the labour market, the authority presently monitored the entry of the graduates in the job market and self-employment.
In the report the TVETs authority reported that trainee numbers in 2023 grew by 14.3 per cent to 642,000 in the year 2023 as related to those in the universities admission expected to grow by 29 per cent by the end of the year 2024.
The last captured data still indicated more preference of technical training by male students as compared to their female counterparts with the male enrolment standing at 347,335 an increase of 14.7 per cent as compared to 295,391 of female enrolment increase of 13.7 percent last year.
Notably enrollment in private TVETs earlier viewed as offering better training than government institutions fell by 19.8 percent to 95,828 while in public colleges went up by 70.1 per cent to 288535 in the year 2023.
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