Kenya is reforming its Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) sector to place industry at the centre of skills development, aiming to ensure graduates gain competencies aligned with labour-market demands and to support industrialisation. According to the Kenya News Agency, Principal Secretary for the State Department for TVET, Dr. Esther Thaara Muoria, said the government is repositioning the sector as part of this effort. The initiative seeks to better connect training with the country's economic and industrial goals.
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