CS Machogu Warns University Council Members Against Repeating Past Mistakes
Ezekiel Machogu, cabinet secretary for education, has urged governing boards at universities to be true to their legal responsibility.
The CS is dissatisfied with the excessive levels of handedness and carelessness displayed by some state personnel.
Machogu delivered a keynote speech during the inaugural meeting of the TVET – CDACC (Council for the Development of the TVET Curriculum, Assessment, and Certification).
Machogu claimed the previous administration was at fault for failing to file paperwork within the allotted five years.
He added that while the group did complete some of the required tasks, they were unable to resolve all of the problems they had been tasked with fixing.
The CS warned the new council members that his ministry would not hesitate to take action against them if they continued along the same path as their predecessors.
‘‘Kindly don’t go the previous path. If you see the auditor’s report, you will be disappointed. It is not of us thinking to make money but to offer service,’’ said Machogu.
The CS has accused the organization of not publishing examination results for the past three years, beginning in 2019.
‘‘If there is something to call a tragedy is when young people can sit for exams and the results of such exams are not released,’’ he stated.
In order to reinvigorate the TVET industry and advance toward an industrialized economy, the TVET-CDACC is tasked with creating curriculum for testing, assessing, and certifying competence at training institutions.
According to Machogu, the board’s negative impact on students led the government to disband it, with board members joining the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) and the Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC).
The CS stated that the group was reformed because of its importance in curriculum development, certification, and test administration.
Dr. Esther Muoria, Permanent Secretary of TVET, issued a challenge to the incoming administration to make the changeover as easy as possible.
Dr. Muoria explained that the council will monitor the national polytechnics to ensure that students are properly assessed and certified.
‘‘You are coming in at a time when we are recrafting the curriculum into skills through the national polytechnics”
Dr. Muoria explained that they were deviating from the curriculum in order to acquire the “actual skills” necessary for training at the micro, meso, and macro levels.
The new chairman, Professor Ahmed Ferej, has pledged to work hard to realize the organization’s goals.
Prof. Ferej argued that the government’s heavy investment in the sector necessitated a focus on change and efficiency.
The official claims that the country’s primary natural resource is human capital, which can only be put to good use by imparting the appropriate knowledge and skills to students.
CS Machogu Warns University Council Members Against Repeating Past Mistakes