RUNDOWN
• More than 400,000 students got less than D+ in the recently released KCSE exam.
• The PS said she had already visited some of the colleges in the country which she found to be well equipped and with necessary capacity to offer quality training to youth.
• The government will recruit 1,300 additional tutors for the TVETs in order to improve their training capacity.

TVET colleges are ready to accommodate most students who didn’t attain the KCSE qualification for university entry.
Principal Secretary for Technical, Vocational Education and Training Dr Esther Thaara Muoria has said the students should not be considered as failures.

“None of the students who didn’t get marks for university entry should feel they are failures. We will ensure they are accommodated in our TVET colleges so that they get necessary skills to fit in the labour market,” she said.

Esther spoke in Eldoret where she presided over the opening of training on income generating activities for officers and TVET managers at the Rift Valley Technical Training Institute and the Eldoret National Polytechnic on Tuesday.

More than 400,000 students got less than D+ in the recently released KCSE exam.

She however said the willingness by the youth to be trained is the most important requirement than the marks they attained at lower levels.

The PS said she had already visited some of the colleges in the country which she found to be well equipped and with necessary capacity to offer quality training to youth.

“TVET institutions are the way to go because we want to have youth who are well trained with technical knowledge required in various fields, to help our country grow economically,” Muoria said.

She further, said the government will recruit 1,300 additional tutors for the TVETs in order to improve their training capacity.

By Jane Kibathi.