Entrepreneurship education as a tool to support self-employment in Kenya

In recent years, flexibility, adaptability and lifelong learning have become major objectives of best practice, in addition to employability. The notion of ‘best practice’ was introduced in [technical and vocational education and training] TVET institutions in Kenya in 1994 and continued to this day because there is a pool of qualified personnel to sustain the programme. Many TVET graduates become self-employed and apply the entrepreneurial skills they have acquired in technical training institutions in their businesses. The response of TVET institutions in Kenya to the continued training need ... Show more

Authors: Simiyu, John W.

Corporate authors: UNESCO. International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (UNESCO-UNEVOC)

Published: Bonn, Germany, UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training, 2010

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Physical description: 8 p.

Access item: http://www.unevoc.unesco.org/fileadmin/user_upload/docs/1963-UNESCO-TVET-KenyaENG_LR.pdf Request Item from NCVER

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Subjects: EmploymentVocational education and trainingYouthQualityIndustry

Keywords: Self employmentSelf employedEmployabilityBest practiceEducation work relationshipTraining employment relationshipTransition from education and training to employmentEducation industry relationshipPartnership in education and trainingInstitutional role

Geographic subjects: AfricaKenya

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