Education CS details plan to phase out business courses
Education CS details the plan to phase out business courses in TVETs within a period of three years
Education CS details the plan to phase out business courses in TVETs within a period of three years.
Ezekiel Machogu, the cabinet secretary for education, ordered all national polytechnic, technical, and vocational education and training (TVET) institutions and teacher training institutes to promote STEM programs-Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics courses.
He detailed the government’s plans to phase out business courses within three years as part of the strategy in a circular to the principals dated December 23, 2022.
“As you are aware, the Government of Kenya has put in a lot of emphasis and resources towards the support of STEM courses in all Tvet institutions,
“In view of this, it is of paramount importance to ensure that the country derives value for money from the huge resources invested in TVET for support of STEM courses,” he stated.
The Education CS urged the principals to develop a roadmap towards the phase-out of business courses within three years from the date of the circular.
He also gave them instructions to create plans to boost enrollment in STEM programs.
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“Ensure there is no drop in the overall enrolment in your respective institutions.
“The purpose of this letter is to make a report on the subject matter and an implementation matrix clarifying the phasing out of the business courses and the activities to increase the enrolment in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics skill areas,” he added.
CS Machogu, on November 21, 2022, implored Principals of TVETs to stick to offering technical courses as directed by the Ministry of Education.
“I do not want our TVETs to dilute their programmes with other courses like Business. The government is supporting TVETs to absorb the majority of students who do not qualify to join universities,” Machogu remarked.
The CS’s remarks were made against a background of government intentions to hire at least 3,000 trainers for TVET colleges in response to a rise in the number of students enrolling in these programs in recent years.
The government believes that TVET training complements the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC), which is gradually replacing the well-known 8-4-4 system.
Instead of emphasizing the accumulation of credentials based on theory learning, CBC places an emphasis on the development of learners’ practical abilities.
The principals have until Friday, January 6 to submit a report to the Ministry of Education on how they will phase out business courses and increase the enrolment in STEM areas.
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