160 TVET Tutors and lectures trained during IUCEA and GZTC capacity building webinars.
By Godwin Bonge Muhwezi The Inter University Council for East Africa (IUCEA), and Guangzhou Technician College (GZTC) have concluded a series of webinars to build capacity of trainers and faculty from Regional Flagship TVET Institutes supported by the East African Skills for Transformation and Regional Integration Project (EASTRIP). IUCEA is the Regional Facilitation Unit of […]
Ethiopian Railways Academy develops Occupational Standards for railway transport
By Yonas Mesfin Ethiopian Railway Academy has developed nine Occupational Standards (OS) for rail transport subsector in collaboration with the Ethiopian Federal Technical and Vocational Education and Training Agency (FTA). In the development process, FTA provided technical assistance in the development and revision of OSs to industry practitioners gathered from Addis Ababa Light Rail Transit […]
Kenya Coast National Polytechnic College registers increased enrollment of foreign students
By Rita Mwabonje Kenya Coast National Polytechnic has, so far, admitted 35 foreign students from the East African region. These students are pursuing a six months course in Shipping Management and are on a full scholarship under EASTRIP in line with KCNP’s Strategic Investment Plan. The foreign students were drawn from South Sudan, Uganda and […]
Kengen GTC registers increase in enrolment of regional students
By Anne Sunkuiya KenGen Geothermal Training Centre has reported an increase in enrolment of regional students in various short-term programmes intended to meet skill needs of priority sector of power and energy. This is according to the mid-term evaluation report of the five-year EASTRIP project, funded by the World Bank and the Governments of Ethiopia, […]
Ethiopa and World Bank Team in joint performance review
By Kalkidan Tadesse The Government of Ethiopia and the World Bank held a two day workshop for the Annual Joint Portfolio Performance Review. The State Minister from Minister of Finance H.E Semereta Sewasew, H.E State Minister Dr Beker Shale from Ministry of Labour and Skills and the World Bank delegation led by Mr. Kirill Vasiliev […]
Kenya Coast National Polytechnic College hosts EASTRIP Delegates
By Rita Mwaboje Kenya Coast National Polytechnic was privileged to host the TAM delegates on 3rd February 2022. The delegates were taken for an Industrial visit at the Kenya Ports Authority in Mombasa, African Marine & General Engineering Company as well as a tour of the Polytechnic where they visited several departments including Hospitality, Cosmetology, […]
Arusha Technical College establishes Grievances Redress Mechanism
By Makundi Senzota Arusha Technical College under Environment and Social Safeguard Unit of the EASTRIP Project has introduced Grievances Redress Mechanism to address social grievances when the project is implemented. The Environment and Social Safeguard Unit Team Leader Eng. Yusuph Bahayuri said that GRM will help to collect social problems related to the ongoing project […]
Dire Dawa excels in fostering partnerships with the private sector
By Mesay Tilahun One of the key successes with this institute – industry linkage was the achievement on teachers’ industrial attachment which is one of the intermediate results of the project. Regarding this for the project life time (5 years) a total of 22 staff were planned to attach with industries. Based on the MoU […]
NIT, Simba Supply Chain Solution sign agreement on industrial training
By Prosper Makene Simba Supply Chain Solution (SSCS) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with National Institute of Transport (NIT) to help train its personnel whole also allowing students and lecturers from the institute to do attachment at its industrial premises. SSCS which is a leading transport and logistics company based in Dar es […]
National Institute of Transport (NIT) Tanzania and Kenya Coast National Polytechnic Strategic Partnership
By Rita Mwabonje The National Institute of Transport (NIT) from Tanzania and Kenya Coast National Polytechnic College (KCNP) NIT visited KCNP signed a Strategic Partnership Agreement to synergize on areas of mutual interest that would enable both institutes attain the results of the EASTRIP Project. Consequently Kenya Coast National Polytechnic visited NIT. During the visit, […]