The government of Kenya has been challenged to equip technical village polys to give a chance to youths who don’t score grades for admission to secondary schools and universities.
This comes on a day when the KCPE 2015 examination results are scheduled to be released by the education CS Dr Fred Matiang’i.
Speaking at his backyard in Gesima ward on Wednesday, Yes Youth Can Chairman Justus Maeche said many village polys were unable to operate smoothly due to the scarcity of staff and equipment.
He urged the government of Kenya to consider deploying many instructors to the poly's and more equipment to serve increasing number of students joining the technical colleges.
“The government has done well to construct many polytechnics around us and this makes learning of technical skills easier. However, many of these institutions are poorly equipped and some have a scarcity of instructors which is an area we ought to improve as soon as possible because intakes are increasing due to interest from youths,” he said.
Maeche said the technical institutions would make no sense if the challenges were not solved amicably and youths were likely to be the casualties since they depend on the institutions to garner lifetime skills.
“These institutions are essential in our modern society. It will be a blow to, my fellow youths if the problems I have mentioned are not solved because youths will engage themselves in activities such as crime that we seek to eradicate as a society. Enrollment is expected to increase because not everyone will advance secondary school studies or for that matter universities,” he said.