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Bridge gap between technical training and academic ability

Students learn how to weld during a training on refrigeration and air conditioning for women technicians in Kenya. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

A confluence of four seemingly unrelated events in the past week provided food for thought about the future of work.

Nearly a million candidates (903,260) wrote their final Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination, and therefore crossed the Rubicon into the adult world of labour or began to actively prepare for the world of work.

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