The Kisumu National Polytechnic collaborates with Textile industry to develop demand-driven TVET courses.
Creating demand-driven programs requires collaboration between Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutes and industry. In this Video documentary, the staff of The Kisumu National Polytechnic College, the EASTRIP Regional Flagship TVET Institute in Textile Technology, explain how it is making this partnership work. Contributed by Laura Milanyi, the Communication Officer at The Kisumu […]
DIT Mwanza campus promotes female enrolment in TVET courses through promotional campaigns
By Juma Magambo The Dar es Salaam Institute of Technology (DIT) – Mwanza Campus has taken steps to increase female enrolment in leather products processing and related programmes as it transforms into a Centre of Excellence in Leather Processing and Allied Technologies (CELPAT). The EASTRIP Project Implementation Unit (PIU) and other staff members, have developed […]
Female Students at KIHBT defy stereotypes to excel in Road Construction and Highway Engineering
By Beatrice Njenga Gone are the days when technical courses would be classified in terms of gender. Girls aspiring to enroll in technical courses are encouraged to pursue their interest and take their rightful place in the industry. The Communication Officer at Kenya Institute of Highways and Building Technology (KIHBT) conducted interviews with female students […]
TVET Experts develop guidelines for staff and student mobility
By Godwin Bonge Muhwezi TVET experts from Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania met in Naivasha, Kenya and virtually to discuss guidelines for student and staff mobility. The guidelines will promote student and staff exchange mobility programmes among TVET institutes in East Africa. The meeting was attended by the National Project Coordination Units and Project Implementation Units […]
20 Young Lecturers Pre-selected for EASTRIP China-TVET Scholarship
By Godwin Bonge Muhwezi Twenty young lecturers from 16 Regional Flagship TVET Institutes (RFTIs) in Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania have been pre-selected to receive the EASTRIP China TVET Scholarship to study at Top Universities and Technical Colleges in China. The scholarship will be awarded by the Chinese government, as part of the tripartite partnership between […]
NIT to offer Flight Operations Officers course
By Prosper Makene The NIT’s Head for Centre of Excellence in Aviation and Transport Operation, Abubakar Noor has revealed the institute plans start offering a number of professional short term programs in this academic year 2021/2022. “One of the short term courses to be offered in academic year 2021/2022 will include the Flight Operations Officers […]
KHIBT develops short-term professional courses in partnership with industry
By Beatrice Njenga KIHBT has the following short courses curricula under development in collaboration with the industry. Road Safety Course The course seeks to offer better training and capacity building to TVET graduates who may specialize as Road Safety Officers, Vehicle Inspection Personnel, Traffic Police, County Traffic Marshalls, Emergency Healthcare Workers, Occupational health and Safety […]
IATA short courses to produce more competent aviation experts
By Prosper Makene The National Institute of Transport (NIT)’s new International Air Transport Association (IATA) short courses are expected to attract more aviation personnel, particularly young inspired aviators who will add up the number of competent aviation professionals in the country and region. “NIT is currently an IATA Authorized Training Center (ATC) registered to offer […]
Arusha Technical College in partnership with Industry to train professional artisans and technicians
By Peter Kaaya The Arusha Technical College, in 2016 entered into a partnership with the Association for Citizen Contractors Tanzania (ACCT) to improve skills to Artisan and Technician especially those working in different contractor companies. This partnership resulted into the establishment of the Association Citizen Contractor Tanzania (ACCT) Training centre, is the center with the […]
NIT adapts e-learning platform to facilitate training programmes
The National Institute of Transport (NIT) has adapted an e-learning platform to facilitate some of the training programs offered at the Institute, the Institute’s official Ms. Leticia Edward has recently disclosed. “The Management Information Systems and the Department of Computing and Communication Technology, both at NIT, are closely working together to improve the existing e-learning […]