Project Beneficiaries

Three East African countries, including Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania are participating in the first phase of the project. The Regional Flagship TVET Institutes were selected through a two-stage process: (a) a long list of centers nominated by the Government based on the selection criteria, national development priorities, and stakeholder consultation and (b) a final list of centers selected based on the recommendation by an independent technical committee according to the quality of initial proposals submitted as well as field visits conducted. Based on these principles of government nomination and competitive selection, 16 Regional Flagship TVET Institutes were selected from the three participating countries.

Sector	Focus	Center Name	Country
Transport/Infrastructure	Railway	Dire Dawa Polytechnic College	Ethiopia
	Railway	Ethiopia Railway Academy	Ethiopia
	Marine	Kenya Coast National Polytechnic	Kenya
	Air	National Institute of Transport	Tanzania
	Road	Kombolcha TVET Polytechnic College	Ethiopia
	Building infrastructure	Meru National Polytechnic	Kenya
	Highway infrastructure	Kenya Institute of Building and Highway Technology	Kenya
Power/Energy	Power/energy	General Wingate Polytechnic College	Ethiopia
	Geothermal	KenGen Geothermal Institute	Kenya
	Hydro	Arusha Technical College	Tanzania
Manufacturing	Tool making	Federal TVET Institute	Ethiopia
	Textile/garment	Hawassa TVET Polytechnic College	Ethiopia
	Textile	Kisumu National Polytechnic	Kenya
	Leather	DIT Mwanza Campus	Tanzania
	Agro-processing	Holeta TVET Polytechnic College	Ethiopia
ICT	ICT	DIT Dar es Salaam Campus	Tanzania

Overall, the project aims to benefit the following:

Students enrolled in selected regional TVET Centers of Excellence and their partner institutions (non-project TVET institutes) in the country and across the region
Employers and targeted industries who will have access to a skilled workforce matched with their needs and standards
Faculty and staff from the selected regional TVET Centers of Excellence whose academic, technical, and pedagogical skills will be upgraded and who will function in an improved teaching environment with upgraded facilities and have opportunity to exchange knowledge and staff with other EASTRIP centers and countries.
Students, faculty, and staff in non-project TVET institutes partnering with the selected flagship TVET institutes who will benefit from knowledge sharing in good TVET management, program development, and instructional practices and from sharing of standards, curriculum, and training facilities.
Public and private TVET institutes within the East Africa region that will have access to a network of specialized trainers, a framework of core curricular competencies, quality assurance standards, and state-of-the-art facilities for up-to-date training of the workforce in priority sectors in the region.

What the TVETs are Expected to Achieve?

By the end of the six-year investment period, 16 institutes will have at least doubled their capacity and can collectively enroll 20,000 students on an annual basis in both long-term and short term training programs in the targeted disciplines.

Cumulatively, the project will have directly benefitted close to 60,000 students. It is also projected that at least 30 percent of the enrollment will be female students. At least 310 staff will benefit from industrial attachment programs and 230 staff will benefit from foreign exchange program at the end of the project. Employers in the targeted industries will also benefit from an expanded and more qualified pool of skilled labor.

In addition to the 16 regional TVET centers, the project’s institutional beneficiaries also include nistry of Education, the Federal TVET Agency, and Occupational and Competency Assessment and Certification Center in Ethiopia; Ministry of Education, Science & Technology, TVET Authority, Curriculum Development Assessment and Certification Council (TVET CDACC) in Kenya; and Ministry of Education, Science & Technology (MoEST), National Council for Technical Education (NACTE), Vocational Education & Training Authority (VETA), and Tanzania Commission for Universities (TCU).

Furthermore, regional initiatives financed by the project, including an annual regional skills competition as well as incubation of a regional TVET council will help promote TVET in the region.