The government will ensure all uncompleted projects within public technical and vocational education and training institutions are accomplished to accommodate the yearly growing enrollment of new students.
The chairman of the Kenya National Assembly’s Committee on Education, Julius Melly during his visit in Nandi said the government is committed to ensure quality education is provided within public TVET institutions through completion of unfinished projects.
He said the National Assembly Education Committee is visiting identified TVET institutions across the country while assessing the status of the ongoing and stalled projects and engaging the institutions management on how they can work together for the success of the institutions.
“We are here to ensure that the projects are completed and if there are stalled projects, we want to look into the mechanisms put by the said institutions in order the ongoing works are accomplished and facilities put into use,” Melly told the journalists during a press briefing at Ollessos National Polytechnic after meeting the institutions management board.
Melly, who is also Tinderet Member of Parliament insisted that the government is determined to transform all the TVET institutions across the country to the international standards so that qualified trainees can work anywhere globally.
He emphasized that the National Assembly Education Committee is aware that the education sector is one of the government top spender and that admirable standards must always be worked for.
Further, Melly promised that the Committee will investigate and provide recommendations on emerging reports that some Competence Based Education Training courses are expensive, especially the cost of doing exams.
“Some of the reports we heard after meeting the institution’s management are about the high cost of some courses, especially the cost of doing exams, but we promise to give it needed attention,” he said.
The chairman also revealed that they are keen on how TVET institutions are implementing dual training where the students’ competencies progress from normal class work and the industrial training which involves a lot of practicals.
“We also want to look at modular training where we wanted the students to take a shorter time in doing their courses but not compromising the quality of their training,” he added.
Tinderet MP however praised the management of Ollessos National Polytechnic as one of the fastest growing National Polytechnics in Kenya for increasing the number of students’ enrolment from 7,000 two years ago to now approximately 11,000.
Other Committee Members present include; Narok women representative Rebecca Tonkei, MP Igembe North Julius Taitumu, MP Kibra Peter Orero, Women Representative for Nyamira county Jerusha Momanyi and Siaya women representative Christine Ombaka.
By Geoffrey Satia
