dc.description.abstract | Vocational and technical education and training are important for
a country’s sustainable human capital and economic development.
However, for Kenya’s Technical, Industrial, Vocational Education and
Training (TIVET) system to play these roles, it needs to be reformed.
Currently, the system faces a number of challenges, including
fragmentation of its programmes, limited integration into the formal
education system, weak linkages with local labour markets, insufficient
finances, inadequate monitoring, poor wage employment opportunities
for its graduates, and limited alignment with technological innovation
at local and global levels. To address these challenges, TIVET reforms
should include policies and strategies to tackle issues related to quality
of programmes, relevance of the training offered, employability of
graduates, collaboration with training institutions, and collaboration
among industries and employers. It is important that the country
develops national skills standards, national qualifications framework,
and adequate internal and external quality assurance mechanisms... | en |