Author: Grace Wairimu Mureithi, Moi University, Kenya

Abstract

Technical, vocational education and training (TVET), has been used by several developed countries as an instrument of development. However, in Africa, TVET has been left to the periphery and its significance has not really been embraced. Studies show that, in Africa funding towards TVET is ad hoc and arbitral, TVET training centers have been neglected or overtaken by institutions concentrating on purely academic education. In addition people tend to view TVET in a negative way, as education and training meant for those who have failed in the society.