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Business and industry representatives in both developed and developing countries have expressed considerable dissatisfaction with the general level of preparedness of prospective entry-level employees. Employability Skills for TVET Graduates Employers usually find that they have: (i) unclear direction and goals with very little understanding of their career path; (ii) low self confidence and poor motivation; (iii) low…

Kenya has about 500 youth polytechnics in total and is ambitiously pursuing a policy that will see setting up of at least one polytechnic in each county in an effort to train more artisans. While it is ambitious the policy might well be misguided as the Technical Vocational Educational Training Systems (TVETS) in Kenya are…

The government will establish extra Technical Vocational Education and Training institutions in a bid to bolster technical education in the country, education cabinet secretary Jacob Kaimenyi has said. Prof Kaimenyi disclosed that the government will put up TVET institutions in every constituency beginning this year. The cabinet secretary, who presided over the 14th graduation ceremony at the…

Millions of out of school youth are currently unemployed or underemployed. This number increases per year for various reasons. Some simply cannot follow an academic curriculum. Others do not have the interest in school work. For many, families do not have the money to support them in schools and they are expected to contribute to family…

In many countries in South East Asia, the only growth figure equalling the demand for a skilled workforce is the unhappiness of employers with the graduates of existing systems. The desperation of countries to change this equation is evidenced in a range of “reforms” to skills education that generally have one feature in common...a greater investment…

It is often said technical training is vital for the growth of the economy. However, the value of being competent in a specific skill does not currently reflect in the remuneration of technical workers, even though our national development strategies such as Vision 2030 and the Big Four agenda should and will be steered by…