DIT Mwanza Campus donates leather shoes and footballs to schools in Mwanza and Dar es Salam
By Augustine Mbitila Dar es Salaam Institute of Technology (DIT) Mwanza Campus in Tanzania has donated 126 pairs of leather school shoes and footballs worth Tshs3 million to primary school pupils to support the government’s free education initiatives. The leather products donated were manufactured by trainees undergoing short and long courses using existing training facilities […]
Dire Dawa Polytechnic conducts short term training on advanced welding for non-project TVET Institutions’ tutors
By Mesay Tilahun One of the objectives of the East African Skills for Transformation and Regional Integration Project (EASTRIP) is to provide outreach and support to non-project national TVET institutes to share the benefits of the Project. The Project implementation Unit for the East African Skills for Transformation and Regional Integration Project (EASTRIP) at Dire […]
Technical and Vocational Training Institute strengthens partnership with industry through short-training programs
By Getachew Mamo Hundreds of thousands of Ethiopians join technical and Vocational Education and Training every year. Therefore, developing the sector will be key to the socio-economic transformation of the country given that TVET Institutes produce skilled manpower for the labour market. To achieve this, there should be a fruitful and sustainable linkage between the […]
Kombolcha Polytechnic College conducted capacity strengthening training on gender and disability inclusion
By Amanuel Endris Kombolcha Polytechnic College is working hard to become a Centre of Excellence in Road Transport as one of the EATRIP priority areas. To achieve this goal, building and updating the knowledge and skills of employees, providing the right manpower that the dynamic market demands, and ensuring quality education and training that is […]
Technical and Vocational Training Institute (TVTI) in Ethiopia conducts Gender Mainstreaming Training
By Getachew Mamo The Technical and Vocational Training Institute (TVTI) in Ethiopia held capacity building and training for staff of the institute in Gender Mainstreaming. The training provided participants with relevant knowledge, skills and values to contribute to the effective implementation of the gender-mainstreaming strategy in their field, organization, institution or country. The training was […]
Experts meet to validate the East African Qualifications Framework for TVET
By Godwin Bonge Muhwezi Members of the technical working group on harmonization of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) qualifications met in Dar es Salaam to validate the draft East African Qualifications Framework for TVET. The draft was developed after wide consultations with various TVET stakeholders in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Tanzania funded by the […]
KIHBT launches an Alumni Association
By Beatric Njenga Kenya Institute of Highways and Building Technology (KIHBT) has been in existence for the last 67 years. The institute launched its Alumni Association on 23rd April 2022.The event was led by the Mr. Abednego Etyang’, The Director of Administration, State Department for Infrastructure. The aim of establishing the Association is: To have […]
Kenya Coast National Polytechnic sends 30 staff on industrial attachment
By Rita Mwabonje Thirty staff of Kenya Coast National Polytechnic College undertook industrial attachment in industries related to the EASTRIP project priority areas. So far, four cohorts have completed their attachment while a fifth cohort will complete industrial attachment by Mid May, this year. KCNP has managed to send these staff on industrial attachment through […]
Hawassa Polytechnic College facilitates Capacity Building on Environmental and Social Safeguards
By Biruk Kassahun Prior to any construction intervention, the EASTRIP Environmental and Social Safeguarding Management Framework (ESMF) recommends a capacity building and training program for all the environmental and social safeguards focal points at the Regional Flagship TVET Institute (RFTI) level and other key stakeholders involved directly in the implementation of the project. Now, Hawassa […]
Arusha Technical College enters partnership with Meru National Polytechnic for Staff and Student exchange
By Makundi Senzota Arusha Technical College (ATC) has started collaboration with Meru National Polytechnic in Kenya for staff exchange and students’ exchange between the two institutions as a way of achieving World Bank goals under the East African Skills for Transformation and Regional Integration Project EASTRIP Project. Staff exchange program between the two institutions has […]