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Report: Rush for degrees bad for Kenya

The quest for university degrees is starving middle level sectors of the much-needed technical skills, education experts have warned.

Kenya is grappling with an estimated gap of about 30,000 engineers, 90,000 technicians and 400,000 artisans, according to an education strategy paper for 2014-2018.

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