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Our vision is to see the country having a competitive market driven TVET system delivering competent workforce for sustainable development . We value integrity , professionalism , accountability , public participation , teamwork and efficiency .
c ) Bolster emotional and organizational resilience .
The ability of leaders to prepare their institutions to ride out emergent disruptions will enable them impact the destiny of their institutions positively , even as they provide opportunities for new entrants . In fact disruptions allow new leaders to rise from what seems to be impossible situations .
The rollout of the Competency Based Curriculum ( CBC ) and the Competency Based Education and Training ( CBET ) ushers in an era of near-constant change and discontinuity in our education system . Technology , globalization and emergent factors such as climate change , renewable energy will define and intensify the natural forces of market competition , as well as impacting the shape of the workspace . For us in Education , it is important that we craft and modify our training curricula to accommodate such eventualities , by prioritizing increased post-training employability courses .
In this regard , the familiar world is no more , Kenya and Africa at large must adapt or be left behind . The good news is that most of the disruptive technologies , trends and developments we are seeing today have largely worked in favour of African economies . We should explore and harness them to help us leap-frog in to the future . For instance here in Kenya technology like mobile money and mobile banking is changing how people access finance and banking services . These trends are gaining strength and momentum especially when you look at the post-pandemic projections . Most of us fail to realize that the speed and scale of changes taking place , as well as the effects that will result out of this change . Will impact us for a long time , unfortunately we are failing to make reliable projections as Mckinse & Company have posited .
And as the country goes through rapid urbanization and technological disruption , especially at the county level , and when this is paired to impact the Africa Continental Free Trade Area Agreement ( AfCFTA ) will have as a result of forming the world ’ s largest free trade area . Imagine the scope and potential of opportunities for education and training in a post-pandemic scenario , when all the above mentioned changes are fully implemented . The opportunities are endless .
School leaders need to be aware of the full impact of such policy trends . For instance the full implementation of AfCFTA would help private education institutions expand beyond country borders . With this , they would be able to increase their resiliency in the face of future economic shocks . As well as ushering in the need for deeper reforms that are necessary to enhance long-term growth as focus moves to producing a future-proof education system .
Mutheu Kasanga www . mutheukasaanga . co . ke
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EdSource Quarterly | Oct-Dec l 2021