Parliament questions quality of education in TVET institutions
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Parliament raise concerns about the quality of education in TVET institutions as majority of their graduates do not meet industry demands
Parliament raise concerns about the quality of education in TVET institutions as majority of their graduates do not meet industry demands.
On Wednesday, July 26 meeting with the representatives from the State Department for TVET and the Public Service Commission (PSC), the Public Investments Committee on Governance and Education observed that many TVET graduates in the country do not meet industry demands.
Principal Secretary of TVET Esther Muoria attributed the crisis to institutional understaffing and financial restraints.
She stated that TVET institutions were impacted because the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) gave priority to the deployment of instructors to basic and secondary schools.
Muoria informed the Committee that TSC was unable to keep up with the expansion of TVET colleges, which went from 55 in 2013 to 220 at the time of her presentation to the Committee, with another 36 slated to open by 2027.
She acknowledged the challenge coupled with the budgetary constraints affected the quality of education leading to half-baked graduates in the market.
The Parliament Committee, which was presided over by Bumula MP Jack Wanami Wamboka, questioned the PSC’s initiatives to assist TVET institutions as well.
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Responding to this, Anthony Muchiri, the PSC Chairperson, confirmed that legal and policy frameworks were already effected to address the challenges.
However, the Committee instructed the commission to gather comprehensive data on job changes since 2010.
The TVET officials were also asked to submit a detailed action plan to ensure that the institutions’ quality criteria were met.
The latest data by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS), indicated that the number of Kenyans without jobs increased to 2.97 million in the quarter to December 2022, up from 2.89 million in September 2022.
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