Standard Chartered Rolls Out Initiative To Train over 4,000 University Students In Kenya
Standard Chartered Rolls Out Initiative To Train over 4,000 University Students In Kenya to Deliver them into the Ready Workforce.
Standard Chartered Bank has rolled out an initiative to enroll over 4,000 university students around the country in a program that will prepare them for employment.
The program, dubbed Futuremakers, is collaborating with six universities around the country to provide students with employment training.
The effort is rigorous, according to Regina Mukiri, the Bank’s head of sustainability and community involvement, and will sharpen the employment rate among students graduating.
Mukiri claims that a nine-month curriculum has been devised to teach students how to be job producers rather than job seekers.
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The Universities include Masinde Muliro, Maseno, USIU, JKUAT, ZITECH and Kenyatta University.
Addressing the press at Maseno University where the program is targeting 250 students, Mukiri says the ultimate goal is to develop learners’ personal, social employability skills through practical curriculum.
She says once they graduate, the students will be able to become more employable.
Mukiri says it is important for universities to adopt a mindset geared towards cultivating employment skills as early on in university formation as possible.
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