• Principal and CEO Charles Musyoki said the plan is to make Kenya Utalii College the best hospitality and tourism training college in the world.
• The third pillar is enterprise and Kenya Utalii College requires finances to undertake its training operations.
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The Kenya Utalii College has come up with a five-year plan to turn around its fortunes.
According to the Principal and CEO Charles Musyoki, the plan is to make the institution among the best in hospitality and tourism globally.
He was addressing the media in his office at Utalii College.
“We have settled on three pillars that will anchor our strategy firmly on a trajectory that will see a complete turnaround in two to three years and make us a global leader in four to five years,” he said.
Musyoki who took office in January 2022 said the first pillar is training.
He said the administration will repackage the training curricula to adapt it to current times without compromising the quality of teaching and the quality of student learning.
The curricula will be reviewed through a participatory and consultative process to produce a robust curriculum that will make graduates of the college better equipped to handle the dynamics in hospitality and tourism.
“Skills and competency training will comprise 80% of the training while knowledge and theory will take 20% of student time. This will completely align our graduates to the needs of the industry. Under this pillar, the training facilities will be revamped, upgraded and modernized to match the needs of the industry,” he said.
The Principal said the second pillar is partnership and that the college will pursue strategic local, regional and international partnerships and collaborations to support and perfect its operations as well as graduate placements.
The public private partnership model will be pursued to accomplish college objectives for growth and development of training programs.
“Use of technology and automating of all training operations is a key priority under this pillar. Kenya Utalii College will leverage with the best technology to perfect training operations to make our graduates the perfect choice for employers,” he said.
The third pillar is enterprise and Kenya Utalii College requires finances to undertake its training operations, he said.
The Government currently provides a significant proportion of the operating budget. Under this pillar, Utalii will fully optimize its revenue streams to generate revenue in the first two years of the strategy support at least 50% of the college budget.
The medium term goal is to generate sufficient revenue to break even, said the CEO.
He added that this pillar will also involve exploiting opportunities for cutting costs, savings and reducing the operating costs.
“The strategy is supported by five priority areas of focus namely, enhancing quality of teaching and quality of student learning, financial sustainability, repositioning the Kenya Utalii College Brand, research and consultancy, and staff development programs,” he said.