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Reduction of the Negative Public perception of TVET in

Kenya

By

Prof. Charles Manasseh M. ndie!i" Ph# $Eng. Mng%& M'c $Mech. Eng%& ()ET $K%

Chair*an" TVET C#+CC

and

Prof. ,ilson . gola" Ph# $Meh. Eng%& M'c $Mech. Eng%& ()ET $K%

Chair*an" TVET+

KEM) CN(ERENCE

N

Rebranding Technical and Vocational Education and

Training $TVET%

May -/0" Nairobi

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TVET (Technical Vocational Education and Training) programs have been in existence in most

African countries including Kenya for decades. But their intended productive and inventive

output of producing readily employable andor self!employable graduates" and serving as real

economic bail out for the deteriorating African economies is yet to be reali#ed. This $orrying

development has culminated in a stigmati#ation to$ards the study of the TVET programs in

TVET institutions in Kenya. TVET faces a number of challenges in Kenya% the problems range

from the limited number of technical institutions available in the country" lac& of facilities and

materials for training students" inade'uate 'ualified technical trainers or facilitators" limited

number of training institutions for technical trainers and difficulty in career progression to the

negative public attitudes and perceptions to$ards TVET in general. This paper explores briefly

the historicity of TVET in Kenya" including the tertiary!based TVET institutions (particularly"polytechnics" Technical Training institutes and Vocational Training entres). Through in!depth

in'uiry" this paper investigates the root cause of the stigmati#ation and its associated effects on

the nation" the learners and the tertiary!based TVET institutions in such programs. These

challenges confronting TVET and the pertinent issues are discussed" and the paper recommends

$ays of addressing them.

Key Words: stigmatization of TVET, TVET programs, TVET institutions, challenges confronting

TVET