Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions must move beyond enrolling and graduating students to ensuring that trainees acquire skills that respond to industry needs and enable them to earn a living, Principal Secretary for TVET Dr Esther Muoria has said. Dr Muoria said TVET institutions should be intentional in designing training programmes, arguing that institutions must first understand the needs of industry and then equip young people with skills that match those needs. “We cannot continue doing things the same way we have done for a long time and expect different results. The government is insisting that we must be intentional in what we are doing,” she said. Speaking during the first graduation ceremony at Kaelo Technical and Vocational College, the PS said the focus should shift from simply producing graduates to achieving tangible outcomes for trainees. “It is not a question of having young people coming to school, staying for some months and getting out. We have to train young people with intention. A training programme must have a clear destination,” Dr Muoria said. She challenged TVET principals to make optimal use of equipment in their workshops to train learners while also generating income for their institutions. Dr Muoria cited the production of items such as hinges and stays, which she said could be supplied to the affo...
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