Principal Secretary Vocational and Technical Training Dinah Mwinzi addressing the press in Eldoret town on Saturday, January 13, 2018. [Photo: Elvanis Ronoh].
The government through the Ministry of Education has reiterated it’s committed to ensuring that youths are equipped with skills and knowledge by establishing Technical Training Colleges across the country.
According to Principal Secretary Vocational and Technical Training Dinah Mwinzi, this will help in the reduction of unemployment among the youths.
“We have so far constructed 60 technical colleges across the country and our aim as a ministry is to have 290 technical and vocational colleges, 1,540 village training centers and 47 national polytechnics across the country by 2022,” she said in Eldoret town, Saturday.
“We have also used sh 158 billion to equip all Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) institutions across the country to have state of the art training facilities. We want our students to have quality and not quantity education,” she added.
She, however, urged students who got grade of D+ and below in their 2017 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) to pursue technical training to further their education and realize their life dreams.
“Getting a D is not the end of life, I call upon students to put more focus on TVET programs which will help them gain skills and knowledge that will make them earn a living and thereafter continue with their education to the university level,” noted Mwinzi.