Persons joining Technical and Vocational Educational and Training (TVET) institutes will soon have 75 percent of their fees catered for.
TVET institutes are institutions that were earlier on referred to as village polytechnics, which have fully been devolved.
The institutes are those offering minor certificates causes as carpentry, masonry, baking, tailoring, hairdressing, among other short causes.
But as it moves to empower youth and most primely solve the alarming issue of unemployment, the County Government of Uasin has decided to pay the fee for those enrolling in the TVET institutes.
"My Government has decided to pay 75 percent of school fees for our youth who want basic skills that could make them earn a living," said Governor Jackson Mandago.
He disclosed that his government will start the program of school fee subsidy in the next financial year, which begins in July this year.
"A mother who learns hairdressing can turn around the future of her family just by operating an under shade activity of sewing hair," Mandago said.
TVET institutes chargeSh25,000 per year, with Mandago saying the county will pay Sh15,000 for every student.
The governor said the program will be sustained by monies cut off from the bursary kitty, which is set to be reduced annually to fund other projects, which besides TVET, also sponsors the internship program.
The internship program offers a yearly work experience driven program that puts diploma and degree holders into a payable annual contract that gives a monthly stipend of Ksh 13,500 and Ksh 12,000 respectively.