TVET Stories

Why KUCCPS is yet to open applications for university placements
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Feb 22, 2025

Despite the suspension of the new funding model, Wahome clarified that applications for technical vocational education and training and the Kenya Medi...

Russia enters African media with hub in Addis Ababa
Eastleigh Voice Reporter  |  Feb 20, 2025

The Addis Ababa centre is the first large-scale, multi-functional editorial hub established by a Russian media company in Ethiopia.

Budget experts call scrapping of KCSE exam fees waiver as KNEC faces budget shortfalls
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Feb 15, 2025

With rising enrolment numbers, the government has been struggling to meet the full costs on time, leading to deficits in the national exams body.

Boost for youths in Taita Taveta as county opens garment production unit
Farhiya Hussein  |  Feb 09, 2025

The initiative seeks to encourage more young people to embrace vocational training as a pathway to employment, self-reliance, and business opportuniti...

Broadcast license uptake doubles in Kenya
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jan 25, 2025

As of September 30, 2024, the total number of authorised broadcasting service providers in Kenya had risen to 684, with 498 broadcasters actively oper...

Cabinet approves dual training policy to transform TVET education
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jan 21, 2025

The initiative seeks to bridge the skills gap in the labour market by integrating classroom instruction with hands-on industry experience.

Communications Authority of Kenya revokes 75 broadcast licenses for regulatory non-compliance
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Jan 10, 2025

By enforcing these regulations, the authority seeks to maintain a transparent, accountable, and ethical broadcasting environment in the country.

Government hires 2,000 TVET tutors to boost quality of training
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Dec 03, 2024

This brings the total number of TVET instructors to 3,300, aiming to enhance the trainer-student ratio.

MPs back proposal banning diploma and certificate courses in universities
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Nov 19, 2024

Students currently enrolled in these programmes in universities will be allowed to complete their studies.

TVETs in ASAL region advised to align programmes with pastoralist community lifestyle
Issa Hussein  |  Nov 01, 2024

The PS directed polytechnic institutions to develop a framework for assessing and certifying these locally earned competencies.

Beyond the screen: Encouraging active play for children in the digital age 
Charity Kilei  |  Oct 11, 2024

Research indicates that school age is a period of significant physical and mental development for children.

Kenya's Gen Z: The misunderstood voices amid rising political divisions
Alfred Onyango  |  Oct 10, 2024

Notably, the GeoPoll survey credited Gen Z for leading the charge on sustainability in the country.

MPs unite, stand firm against proposal to consolidate bursary schemes
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 26, 2024

Only two MPs, Raphael Wanjala (Budalangi) and Mark Nyamita (Uriri) supported the motion to merge the bursaries.

MPs to grill education CS on Hillside Academy fire, university funding model
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 17, 2024

Lawmakers have also requested an estimate of the total cost of education from basic to tertiary levels.

Ruto forms 129-member committee to review university funding model
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 16, 2024

The committee will report directly to President Ruto through the Cabinet Secretary for Education.

The risks of unrestricted screen time for your child's health
Charity Kilei  |  Sep 14, 2024

Global studies show that only about a quarter of children adhere to recommended screen time guidelines.

Government to construct more TVET institutions to curb demand
Vincent Ombati  |  Jul 31, 2024

TVET's overall national enrolment has increased by nearly a thousand per cent from 60,700 trainees six years ago to 642, 726 trainees today.

More Kenyans using radio, TV as newspaper readership declines – CA report
Alfred Onyango  |  Jul 26, 2024

The report further reveals a gender gap in media consumption, with male respondents engaging more with radio, TV, online newspapers, and magazines com...

Students impacted as Helb and school feeding programmes face budget cuts
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jun 20, 2024

Helb has suffered the most significant drop, with its budget reduced by Sh3.2 billion from the initial allocation of Sh35.9 billion.

CAK report reveals gender disparity in online news consumption
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 26, 2024

The report also showed the unchanged landscape of media consumption locations, with homes remaining the primary setting for media engagement.

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