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

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

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

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

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

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

The situation threatens Kenya's achievement of middle-income and industrialised nation status by 2030, says CS Ezekiel Machogu.

Mvita MP Mohamed Soud Machele hailed the development as a significant stride towards providing accessible vocational education opportunities to the co...