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How Jobless Kenyan graduates Flock to Finland For Technical Courses

How Jobless Kenyan graduates Flock to Finland For Technical Courses

How Jobless Kenyan graduates Flock to Finland For Technical Courses

In recent years, Kenyan students have been flocking to Finland in pursuit of better job prospects.

Many of these students are degree or diploma holders who were unable to secure employment in Kenya.

To increase their chances of finding work, they are pursuing courses in Finland that are often unrelated to their previous studies.

The students are gaining access to Finnish universities and colleges either through private entities or through counties that have signed agreements with Finnish educational institutions.

Counties such as Uasin Gishu, Elgeyo Marakwet, and Nandi are among the many sending students to Finland through airlift programs.

Education in Finland is free for Finnish citizens, but non-citizens pay a high price, sometimes as much as 10 times more than they would pay in Kenya for technical and vocational education and training.

Caroline Jepchirchir is an example of a Kenyan student who has pursued studies in Finland after failing to secure employment.

Jepchirchir graduated from Maseno University with a degree in Environmental Science in 2017, but after struggling to find work, she decided to study Food Service in Finland.

She paid 1.3 million Kenyan shillings to study at Tampere Adult Education Centre for two years.

Hosea Barkonga from Uasin Gishu is another student who pursued studies in Finland after realizing that the skills he acquired in Kenya were not marketable.

Barkonga graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology and is now studying nursing in Finland at Tampere University of Applied Sciences.

Calvin Kiplimo, from Elgeyo Marakwet County, is hoping to find work in Finland after pursuing a diploma in Foundry Work.

Kiplimo, who previously graduated with a diploma in Plant Mechanics and Plant Operation, was encouraged by his brother to study in Finland.

Margaret Chepkwony, the mother of Brian Kokwo, has invested in her children’s education by paying over 1 million Kenyan shillings for each of them to study in Finland.

MaxGlobal CEO Cornelius Kiplagat says that since 2018, his group has been partnering with Finnish learning institutions and that counties have been involved in the process, but more players have come in and commercialized the program.

Dr. Carita Prokki, a coordinator at Tampere University of Applied Sciences, says that Kenyan students in Finland are admitted in groups and that they have secured training that would enable them to work in any European Union country.

However, the program faced challenges following the change of leadership in Kenyan counties after last year’s elections.

How Jobless Kenyan graduates Flock to Finland For Technical Courses

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