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Technical and vocational colleges offer best pathway to employability

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Kisumu National Polytechnic student taking Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) programmes at the institution. [File, Standard]

One thing Kenya’s economy always serves in plenty is deception. From the hawker who screams endlessly on the streets ‘mia-mia-soo’ which strangely means Sh300 to the butcher in your local market whose kienyeji chicken has nothing improved in them as claimed: the schemes are in plenty.

A major one, however, is the illusion that advanced education increases one’s employability. It is a strategy that is likely to backfire, as a report by the State’s think tank, Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (Kippra) shows.

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