54TH ATUPA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE BEGIN IN NAIVASHA KENYA
Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Migos Ogamba on Tuesday August 27, 2024 opened the 54th International Conference of the Association of Technical Universities and Polytechnics in Africa (ATUPA) at the Lake Naivasha Resort, Nakuru County.
The Conference under the theme: “Revolutionizing TVET in Africa: Embracing Innovations for Sustainable Development” is geared towards having insightful deliberations and actionable outputs that will inspire fresh feeling among all the member states to work collectively and synergistically towards making TVET the “SKILL CAPITAL” of the continent to promote youth employability, mobility, decent work and lifelong learning.
Ogamba also officially flagged off the deployment of 2,000 trainers to serve in 242 TVET institutions across the country. The recruitment of the is a boost to the sector as the State Department for TVET is implementing Competency Based Education and Training (CBET) and having an exponential increase in trainee enrolment. “On funding for our trainees in National Polytechnics and other TVET institutions, we are working with the National Treasury to start the disbursement of the Ksh. 3.3B in capitation and scholarship grants, and loans for trainees.” said CS Ogamba.
