The County government of Uasin Gishu has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Kenya Technical Trainers College (KTTC) to train 100 technical students.
Upon completion of their studies, the students will become teachers in technical and vocational institutions.
According to governor Jackson Mandago, their aim is to equip youths with technical skills and knowledge to improve their livelihoods.
"As County government, we discovered that we had a shortage of technical teachers that why we decided to sponsor 100 students to pursue the same," said governor Mandago after signing the MoU on Monday at the county headquarters.
The county government will pay Sh60,000 tuition fees and Sh7,500 accommodation fee for the students while parents will cater for food and other basic needs.
"I want to urge students who have benefited from this initiative to work hard and know that they will have to repay the funds for other students to benefit in future," Mandago added.
The county boss reaffirmed that his administration will continue sponsoring students to pursue technical course until the county has enough technicians.
Chief Principal at the KTTC Jamleck Maina on his part hailed the county government for investing resources to giving students technical teacher training education saying they will help impart knowledge to residents and nation at large.
"We assessed and interviewed the 100 students and found them qualified to pursue Diploma in Technical Teachers," noted Maina.
Uasin Gishu now becomes the first county to sponsor students to the only technical teacher training institution in the county. It is worth noting that the Mandago-led administration has been sponsoring 60 students from each of the 30 wards to study technical courses at the Eldoret-based Rift Valley Technical Training Institute (RVTTI).