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TVETs enrollment hits 320,000 as CS Machogu eyes 'greener jobs'

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Director Technical state department for TVET, PS for technical vocational education and training, Esther Thaara Muoria and chief Principal Nairobi Technical Training Institute, Gloria Mutungi during KATTI Capacity building workshop held at a Mombasa Hotel. [File, Standard]

Students enrollment in Technical and Vocational Education and Training institutions has increased from 92,000 in 2018 to 320,000 this year following government reforms.

Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu said TVETs reforms are meant to align training with the Bottom-up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA) to enable youth acquire skills for 'green jobs' and mitigate climate change.

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