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Involve market industry players to seal skill gaps, schools urged

Swiss Ambassador Valentin Zellweger (left) and TVET Director Joyce Mwale during a visit to Don Bosco Technical Institute in Karen, Nairobi, on March 2, 2023. [Silas Otieno, Standard]

A lack of linkage between vocational training institutions and industry could be a contributing factor to youth underemployment in the labour market.

The private sector contends that involving industry in the development of technical training curriculum could help to address the shortage of technical skills in the domestic and commercial sectors.

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