Challenges Affecting The Implemetation Of Technical Curriculum In Public Tvet Institutions In Kenya: A Case Of Nandi And Uasin Gishu Counties
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Research & Method in Education (IOSRJRME) - Year 2018, Vol 8, Issue 3
Abstract
Education is a medium through which the social values and norms of the learners are transmitted through the formal schooling system. Formal education is a vital instrument for attaining technological progress and economic growth judging by the experience of industrialized nations. Investing in education is a potent means that could be explored to fast-track technological progress, economic growth and boosting citizens’ capacities. The main purpose of the study was to investigate the challenges that affected the implementation of the technical curriculum of TVET programs in TVET institutions. This was to improve on the quality of the programs offered in the TVET institutions thus making the graduates marketable and in tandem with the industrial needs. This research adopted a descriptive research design. The study targeted all technical teachers and graduating students of public technical training institutions in Uasin-Gishu and Nandi County. The study sampled 136 technical teachers and 276 technical students from two technical institutions in UasinGishu and Nandi Counties. Questionnaires were content and face validated and reliability was determined using Cronbach’salpha. Data from the questionnaires were analyzed using descriptive statistics. The study established that student’s poor reading culture, student’s peer group, learners’ irregular attendance to class, lecturers’ competence among other factors, had a high influence on the implementation of the technical curriculum. The study recommends that the lectures should be competence in their area of specialty and that the students should have regular attendance to classes. It was recommended that a further research needs to be carried out to establish how the stakeholders who are the major beneficiaries can participate effectively in the implementation of TVET programs.
Authors and Affiliations
Kemei Kennedy, Simon Wanami, Bonaventure. W. Kerre
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