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WORK READINESS THROUGH APPRENTICESHIP :
A CASE FOR ADOPTION OF DUAL SYSTEM
Kenya is one of the best performing economies in Sub-Saharan Africa with its GDP growing steadily at 5 % per annum since 2013 . The biggest contributors to this growth have been agriculture , transport , storage , manufacturing , wholesale and retail sectors . The impressive growth rates , pre-COVID , witnessed in the hospitality , information , communication , transportation and sectors cannot also go without a mention . Yet , despite this impressive performance , skills shortages , high unemployment rates and mismatch of skills continue to plague the vitality of the economy .
However , since 2014 , the Kenyan government has sought to address these challenges by various interventions . One such intervention is reforms in the TVET sub sector , targeted at addressing the skills mismatch and gaps thereof . Working with development agencies and other key stakeholder in the TVET subsector , the government purposefully set out to improve on the delivery of TVET training in the country . The “ Skills Expert Project ”, a skills development program initiated and supported by the Federal Government of Germany , is one is one of the pioneering programs mooted to champion the transformation of TVET training in Kenya .
Launched in late 2017 , by the German Federal Ministry of Economy and Energy , and the Delegation of German Industry and Commerce for Eastern Africa ( AHK ), the Skills Expert Project is a vocational training
KNQA Certificate Handover . Left - Bruno Backes , Head of Vocational Training , Delegation of German Industry & Commerce in Kenya ( AHK ). Centre - Dr Juma Mukhwana , Director General , Kenya National Qualification Authority ( KNQA ). Right - Maren Diale , Country Director , Delegation of German Industry & Commerce in Kenya ( AHK ). Back right - Frank Mukuna , former Deputy Director of RAD KNQA
EdSource Quarterly | Oct-Dec l 2021