To bridge skills gap, we mustn’t frown upon technical schools

Joseph Hunja (R) a catering student at Waithaka Technical and Vocational Center, Waithaka MCA Antony Kiragu (Center) and Safaricom Foundation Trustee Steve Chege (L) during the handover of Waithaka Technical and Vocational Centre [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

Once again, as is the norm every year, hundreds of thousands of student have closed one chapter of their education life and preparing for a completely new one. Higher learning. This week, Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha officially released results for 747,161 students who sat their Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education exam in 2020.

As expected, the spotlight was on the top achievers in these examinations sat in very uncertain and unpredictable times owing to the Covid 19 pandemic and the disruptions it brought with it. 143,140 candidates earned themselves a slot at the university to study a degree course having attained a C+ and above. A bigger majority of 600,159 candidates scored C plain and below and will be selected to join various institutions across the country for their diploma and certificate courses.