Ministry Plans to Cut Business Courses in TVETs, to Prioritize STEM
PS Esther Muoria stated that the education ministry was in the process of reducing the number of business courses offered by Technical Vocational and Education Training (TVET) institutions.
The Permanent Secretary spoke on behalf of the Cabinet Secretary of Education, Ezekiel Machogu, stating that Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) is aiming for a shift in the curriculum of TVET institutions.
This is in order to encourage more STEM courses and equip more graduates with the skills required by the labor market. The emphasis is moving from theoretical teaching to practical teaching.
Prof. Machogu emphasized the need to reduce the prominence of business courses and instead promote STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) courses within TVET institutions and technical training colleges.
Muoria, speaking on behalf of the sector, highlighted their substantial objective: providing practical skills to the youth. These skills will primarily be imparted through STEM courses, as the intention is to drive industrialization in the country. Muoria stressed that this vision hinges on the elevation of technical courses.
“In our TVET institutions, we want to transition from theory-based to practice-based education. Prof. Machogu, a very capable CS professor, stated that we should reduce business courses and encourage more STEM courses in TVET institutions and technical training colleges in order to produce more competent youth.
“Our primary objective as a sector is to provide our youth with the necessary skills. Because we want to industrialize the country, we can only do so by enhancing technical education,” Muoria explained.
To date, 154 TVET institutions in the country have been furnished with the most up-to-date equipment to enhance students’ skills.
Now, institutions are expected to produce graduates with hands-on experience and the required set of technical skills to meet labor and industrial demands.
Ministry Plans to Cut Business Courses in TVETs, to Prioritize STEM
