UNESCO BEAR II TVET Managers and Trainers Graduation Celebration

UNESCO Better Education for Africa's Rise, BEAR II, Project held a graduation ceremony for 112 TVET managers and trainers who successfully completed the training on Open, Distance and eLearning manuals, using the TVET National Learning Management System on 24 June 2022 at the Kenya Technical Trainers College (KTTC) based in Nairobi, Kenya. The graduation ceremony was officiated by Dr. Margaret Mwakima, Principal Secretary, Kenya State Department for Vocational and Technical Training. The graduation was also attended by Ms. Irina Kim, representative to H.E Chaoi Yeonghan, Ambassador, of the Republic of Korea to Kenya.

BEAR II is a joint project of UNESCO and Republic of Korea. UNESCO supported the development of manuals in Kenya based on training needs assessment. The training conducted in hybrid format by KTTC, attracted 369 managers and trainers of TVET who were trained by 15 experts mobilized by UNESCO.

During the ceremony Professor Hubert Gijzen, UNESCO Regional for Eastern Africa, noted that Kenya had set the scene in the digital skills curriculum development and e-learning in TVET for other East African countries to follow and that TVET should not be presented as the last option for those who could not make it to university but rather celebrate TVET as a game changer in youth employment.

Adding to this, Dr. Edwin Tarno, Chief Principal, KTTC Nairobi, noted that KTTC was privileged to be one of the beneficiary institutions under BEAR II Project in Kenya. He stated that the institution had mobilized over 90 trainers and TVET managers to build their capacities to enable them to equip trainees with skills and knowledge for job creation.