TVET Leaders Converge For 6th PASET and RSiF Conference

TVET Leaders Converge For 6th PASET and RSiF Conference

Kenya will host global experts in technical and vocational education and training (TVET) during the 6th Partnership for Skills in Applied Sciences, Engineering, and Technology (PASET) Forum and RSiF Annual Conference, which will take place in Nairobi from Tuesday, April 23rd to 25th. 

Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu extended an invitation and welcomed the expected delegation to the conference, stating that the conference’s topic is harnessing TVET in the knowledge and skills ecosystem for Africa’s industrialization. 

He highlighted that the conference will provide an opportunity to engage and interact with PASET Member States from Africa, exchanging expertise and ideas on how to advance the crucial and strategic TVET sector to support the continent’s industrialization. 

“The Conference, which will officially be opened by His Excellency Dr. William Samoei Ruto, C.G.H., President of the Republic of Kenya and Commander-in-Chief of the Defense Forces,” said Secretary-General Machogu. 

PASET is a Sub-Saharan African project that aims to improve science, technology, and engineering skills for socioeconomic transformation in member countries by providing post-doctoral training and skilling youngsters in technical vocational education and training. 

According to the CS, the greatest obstacle to industrialization is a lack of trained and competent technical human resources, and a technically proficient workforce is required for long-term development. 

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Machogu emphasized that Africa should learn from the extensive documentation of several countries’ industrialization paths, including Brazil, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, and China, as well as the importance of TVET.

According to the Education CS, the 6th PASET Forum would aim to position TVET within the knowledge and skills ecosystem and advocate for the critical role it can play in Africa’s industrialization. The emphasis would be on postsecondary or tertiary-level TVET in the continuum of skills development and in line with the mandate of PASET.

Participants will come from African TVET institutions, universities, industry, education and training ministries, finance and economic planning agencies, regulatory authorities, and innovation hubs.

TVET specialists from PASET partner nations, including Korea, China, India, and Brazil, will also be invited to serve as lecturers or resource persons.

The EASTRIP project will also be requested to contribute information about its TVET Centers of Excellence. Other participants would be World Bank officials, the PASET Secretariat, the Executive Board, and the Consultative Advisory Group. 

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Postsecondary TVET is a strategic pillar of the PASET project. According to UNESCO, TVET is defined as “aspects of the educational process involving, in addition to general education, the study of technologies and related sciences, as well as the acquisition of practical skills, attitudes, understanding, and knowledge relating to occupations in various sectors of economics and social life.” 

TVET helps to achieve the aims of Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG4) and SDG8 for decent jobs and economic growth.

It plays an essential role in the development of employment-oriented skills for sustainable livelihoods and national economic progress, as evidenced in various publications by UNESCO and the African Union, among others.

TVET Leaders Converge For 6th PASET and RSiF Conference

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