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CORPORATE WATCH
NATIONAL TVET TRAINING STANDARDS PREPARES
KENYA FOR 21ST CENTURY SKILLS
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the training of students who do not meet needs of local and international skills
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industry and the job market in general. driven Training Occupational Standards.
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occupation.
TVETA Director General Dr Kipkirui Langat Section 40 of the TVET Act directs
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The Technical and Vocational Education assurance agencies in training and the initial point of reference for
and Training Authority (TVETA) has any other person directly or indirectly competence-based training programme
developed new standards and guidelines engaged in training in the country to development. The purpose of TVET is
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based curriculum that links industry and this Act. Coordination comes naturally as respective occupational standard.
academia. TVETA approved standards are mandatory
for all the agencies and stakeholders. These training standards will be used to
According to the Education and Training determine the criteria to award any TVET
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of 2012, in the past the TVET sector has evaluate each training programme to to develop training programmes or
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design and its delivery. This has led to Act mandates the Authority to ensure and undertake surveillance audits on
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attractive to the market by meeting the provide the standards for assessment of
learning outcomes of training.
THE ‘HANDS ON THE FUTURE’ KENYA SKILLS SHOW
GETS BIGGER AND BETTER
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The Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) has been a great partner unforgettable three -day skills fair exceeded expectations
and consummate service provider to the TVET sector in Kenya. by attracting over 20,000 young Kenyans and parents, who
This is especially so when the State Agency is in the process had a keen interest in interacting with best practices and
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programmes in our TVET institutions. The Kenya Skills Show 2019 featured hands-on exhibits from
TVET institutions that allowed participants to touch, taste,
HELB came handy to support and be one of the sponsors of the see, feel and hear opportunities in the TVET sector. There was
second edition of the ‘Hands on the Future’ Kenya Skills Show also a rich menu of inspirational talks for skeptical students
organized by the Technical and Vocational Education and Training and parents, free career counseling services, seminars and
Authority (TVETA), together with Permanent Working Group (PWG) entertainment galore that gave young musicians and artists
on TVET. a platform to showcase their skills and appeal to members
of the public.
The skills show, which was held in February 2019 at the Kenyatta
International Conference Centre (KICC), was a huge success. The
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