By OUMA WANZALAMore by this AuthorThe Ministry of Education and the National Assembly’s Education committee are at loggerheads over the decision to extend the contracts of two principals of technical colleges. The Ministry of Education this month extended the contracts of Nyeri and Meru technical colleges Principals due to their experience in the sector. He disclosed that the country has about 173 TVET institutions, many of them young and in need of mentorship. This year, he said additional 1,000 tutors are being recruited and another 3,000 tutors are set to join the institutions next year as more learners embrace TVET institutions. Early this year, the committee objected the decision by the Ministry of Education to recall 298 retired tutors for TVET in order to curb a biting shortage that had hit the institutions.

Source: Daily Nation December 23, 2019 13:41 UTC