Enhancing technical skills development for Kenya’s structural transformation

Abstract

This policy brief advocates for educational change in order to advance Kenya’s economic transformation agenda. Capacity gaps exist in the technical skills required to enhance Kenya’s productivity growth. University enrolment has eclipsed technical institution enrolment, and the appeal for Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) has declined over time. There is a need to develop middle level technical institutions as agents of structural transformation, with collaboration between business and training institutes. Efforts to redesign education at technical institutions of learning from theory to a competency-based focus are needed.