The government will soon be calling for applications from amongst Kenyans that will see at least 1,300 TVET trainers from across the country employed.
State Department for Technical, Vocational Education and Training Principal Secretary Dr Esther Muhoria says the move aims at addressing the shortage of trainers that technical institutions are facing.
Speaking to the press after presiding over the official opening of training for TVET managers at the Eldoret National Polytechnic, Dr Muhoria however said the government is yet to advertise for the vacancies.
She warned members of the public not to fall prey to adverts that have been doing rounds on various social media pages.
“Soon we will advertise for the trainers and the government has allowed us to bring more on board. We have not yet rolled out the actual advert, but we are going to,” said the TVET PS.
“We have a big gap in trainers and we are happy the government has allowed us to bring 1,300 trainers and others will come sooner or later,” she added.
TVETs ready to absorb more learners
Meanwhile, following the release of the 2022 Kenya Certificate of Secondary School Education (KCSE) examination results, Dr Muhoria has assured all learners that did not attain direct entry marks to the university that TVET institutions are well equipped to absorb them.
The PS also asked those that scored below C+, not to look at themselves as failures. She noted that TVETs offer an equally good education path for learners.
Out of the 841,416 candidates who sat for the 2022 KCSE exams, only 173,345 scored a mean grade f=of C+ and above – the direct entry grade to the university.
This means 668,071 learners will be absorbed in colleges and TVET institutions.
“Our TVET institutions are ready to absorb a large number of students,” noted the PS who further insisted that TVET was the way to go “because we want to have technically trained people.”
“Nobody should look at themselves as failures. Willingness to push to the next level is what is important,” added the TVET PS.
Dr Muhoria was at the Eldoret National Polytechnic to officiate a training on income-generating activities for officers TVET managers.
This follows what Kenya School of TVET Chief Principal Dr Edwin Tarno said was a survey by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) which revealed gaps among the TVET managers.
The government has been encouraging public institutions of higher learning to invest in income-generating activities so as to be self-sustaining.
“The project started in June 2022, targeting 3,115 TVET managers across the country. I think it is going to have an impact on how our institutions are going to be run,” said Dr Tarno.
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