Kenya Coast National Polytechnic has hired consultants to support us in equipment specification, Tracer Studies,TNA, Labour market survey and Strategic plan for the Polytechnic and sustainability plan for the project. We are in the process of hiring a design and supervision consultants. The team has developed MOUs with three institutions and one industry. These firms […]
Kenya Coast National Polytechnic is developing a regional Flagship Marine Transport & Port Logistics Centre. The center has established a Project Implementation Unit and an Industry Advisory Board (IAB). The advisory board is very strong with representation from the biggest stakeholders in the Maritime industry in Kenya and the World. Our board comprises of the […]
Hawassa Polytechnic College, on 15th October, 2020, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Ethiopian Textile Industry Development Institute (ETIDI) to promote skills development and continuous learning through short term programs. The Vice Dean, Hawassa Polytechnic College (HPTC), Mr Melese Dedamo and Vice Director General of ETIDA, Yared Mesfin signed the MoU on behalf of their […]
Dar es Salaam Institute of Technology (DIT) Mwanza campus, which is geographically located along the Lake Victoria shores, expects to optimally utilize funding from EASTRIP to transform DIT Mwanza Campus into a Centre of Excellence in Leather Processing and Allied Technologies (CELPAT). A part of its publicity activities, the institute carried out a number of […]
Kampala, 17th August 2020 – Twenty young lecturers from Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania Regional Flagship TVET Institutes (RFTIs) supported by the World Bank East Africa Skills for Transformation and Regional Integration Project (EASTRIP) have been awarded scholarships to upgrade their qualification in Science and Technology to support advancement of Technical, Vocational Education and Training (TVET) […]
By Rose Njoki Koome Meru National Polytechnic, one of the EASTRIP Regional Flagship Institutes based in Meru, Kenya, has produced a number of items to assist the country and the local community to respond to COVID-19 pandemic. The items produced by the institutes technical staff and students include face masks, hand sanitizers, hand washing soap […]
Kampala, 7th May 2020 – The East African Skills for Transformation and Regional Integration Project (EASTRIP), a project funded by the World Bank and governments of Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania, is supporting 16 selected Regional Flagship Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Institutes, to develop e-Learning platforms to facilitate continuous learning during COVID-19 and […]
Nairobi, 13th March 2020 – Experts from Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Authorities from Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania have called for fast-tacking the harmonisation of curriculum, qualifications and occupational standards, among the three countries to allow student mobility within the region. The call was made at the end of a three-day meeting of […]
