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By Benjamin Sogomo. Delivery of education is done through institutions such as schools, colleges, institutes and universities and managed through the system — the ministry and departments. It is difficult to identify and celebrate individual achievers running the system due to its bureaucratic nature, but easier to do so within the institutions. I will draw three examples of top achievers from the technical training institutes (TTIs). The first is Dr Edwin Tarno, the principal of Rift Valley Technical Training Institute. In his 10 years in charge, enrolment shot up by 583…

Technical colleges in Kenya will review their fees structure downwards by between 30 to 50 per cent in an ambitious move that seeks to increase student population. Deputy President William Ruto has said the new fees structure will be out in the next two months to make technical education accessible to all Kenyans. He further revealed that the schemes of service for lecturers in technical colleges would be changed from July in a bid to boost their morale. “For a long time, the lecturers were grouped together with teachers in primary…