By Amoto Dennis
Technical colleges in Kenya will review their fees structure downwards by between 30 to 50 per cent in an ambitious move that seeks to increase student population, Deputy President William Ruto has said. The fees structure will be out in the next two months to make technical education accessible to all Kenyans, he said.
Ruto lamented that the Sh65, 000 charged annually was discouraging students.
He revealed that the scheme of service for lecturers in technical colleges would be changed from July in a bid to boost their morale. “For a long time, the lecturers were grouped together with teachers in primary and secondary schools. This impeded career growth, impacting negatively on their performance. However, we must put technical education in its rightful place,” he said.
The DP was speaking in Kajiado County during a graduation ceremony at the Masai Technical Training Institute.
According to him, plans to enhance technical education began five years ago and are now being intensified.
According to State Department Vocational Technical Training Principal Secretary Kevit Desai, Kenya as 180,000 students in technical colleges yet there is a capacity of 3.1million.
