MoE To Scrap Business Courses from TVETs for STEM
According to PS Esther Muoria, the Education Ministry is working to reduce the number of business courses that TVET (Technical Vocational and Education Training) institutions offer.
The Permanent Secretary stated that Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) is seeking for a transformation in the curricula of TVET institutions on behalf of the Cabinet Secretary of Education, Ezekiel Machogu.
This is done to promote the enrollment of more STEM courses and to give graduates the tools they need to succeed in the job market. Practical instruction is becoming more important than theoretical instruction.
In TVET institutes and technical training colleges, Prof. Machogu emphasised the necessity to boost STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) courses rather than lessen the predominance of business courses.
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Speaking on behalf of the industry, Muoria emphasised their important goal of giving young people useful skills. In order to promote industrialisation in the nation, these skills will mostly be taught in STEM courses. Muoria emphasised that the advancement of technical courses is crucial to realising this aim.
“We want to shift from theory-based to practice-based education at our TVET colleges. In order to develop more competent youth, according to Prof. Machogu, a very good professor of computer science, we should decrease business courses and promote more STEM courses in TVET institutions and technical training colleges.
“Providing the required skills to our youth is our sector’s top priority. The only way we can industrialise the nation is by improving technical education, according to Muoria.
In order to improve students’ skills, the 154 TVET institutions in the nation have so far been outfitted with the most recent technology.
Institutions are now expected to generate graduates who have the necessary technical skills and hands-on experience to meet labour and industrial demands.
MoE To Scrap Business Courses from TVETs for STEM
