The Technical University of Kenya has expressed its commitment to supporting vocational education.
TUK vice chancellor Francis Aduol said the varsity has made great strides to support the TVET sub-sector.
Aduol was speaking on Thursday when president William Ruto launched the construction of tuition blocks.
Ruto officiated the opening of a new building, the S-Block, and also launched the beginning of works on the T-Block and I-Block.
"This extent has earmarked the establishment of a dedicated TVET College at its property in South C," Aduol said.
TUK also offers diploma courses in the university to strengthen the TVET sector.
"The college shall offer as well programmes in technical teacher education with the aim of providing graduate teachers for our TVET colleges," he said.
TUK which is formerly Kenya polytechnic has been the leading provider of TVET education.
This was until 2007 when the varsity was elevated to a degree-awarding institution in the year 2007.
The TUK boss added that has a notable specialization in offering engineering courses.
"It will continue to play a vital role in the fight against the various ailments that plague this country, especially poverty," he said.
Speaking during the launch, Ruto said his government was ready to partner with and support tertiary institutions to boost their technical capacity.
"Our presence at this event signals the government's readiness to partner with tertiary institutions and especially TVETs to forge a clear pathway for Kenya to deepen its competitive technical capacity and assume global leadership," Ruto said.
During the presidential campaigns, Ruto proposed to increase the number of vocational training centres (VTCs), technical and vocational education and training (TVET) institutions and public universities.
“Kenya Kwanza will allocate conditional grants to county governments within its first one year to ensure that in addition to the existing 1,200, we will construct 250 VTCs in wards that currently do not have.”
The Kenya Kwanza team promised to fully equip all the remaining Tvets in 52 constituencies within the first two years and ensure there is a national polytechnic in every county.
