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One is the Technical Training Institutes (TTIs) which are under the national government.
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Machogu said the State gives capitation to the students joining TTI colleges.
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Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu has explained why not all TVETs get capitation funding from the national government.
According to Machogu, there are two types of TVETS.
One is the Technical Training Institutes (TTIs) which are under the national government.
Machogu said the State gives capitation to the students joining TTI colleges.
"The government gives capitation, based on the enrolment numbers," the CS said.
He added that TTI trainees also enjoy loans from the Higher Education Loans Board and special grants, which the government gives.
The government is committed to providing capitation to students in TVET institutions at a rate of Sh30,000 per academic year.
Additionally, Machogu said the government aims to establish a TTI in every constituency.
"Up to now, we have 238 established. We have 52 to go and in this Financial Year, we have the budgetary allocation to do 15 of them. Therefore, we will remain with 37," he said.
Machogu said out of the 37 that will remain, the government will provide funds.
He said for each of the 15 to be constructed this year, the State has availed Sh52 million, adding that the constituencies are also supposed to give Sh10 million, such that the total cost of each one of them will be Sh62 million and not more than that.
The second type of TVET Machogu spoke of is Vocational Training Centres (VTC).
The CS said VTCs are the preserve and responsibility of county governments.
"We do not extend any capitation from the national government to VTCs because it is the county governments that are supposed to be responsible," he said.
Machogu said the Fourth Schedule of the Constitution separates the functions of the national government from those of the county governments.
He was reminiscent that before 2021, the national government used to give conditional grants to the counties for purposes of these VTCs to cater for equipment.
However, following consideration between the national and county governments, the county governments requested to convert this conditional grant of Sh2 billion to an equalization fund.
"Unfortunately, since that time, the money is given out by the national Government as equalization fund and it is not used purposely and strictly for VTCs," Machogu said.
"Some of them are in a pathetic situation. We are in a discussion as Ministry of Education with the county government through the Committee of Education on what we can do to have these VTCs serve the purpose for which they were intended."