Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu now says the lack of adequate and professional career guidance is to blame for the low transition rates of secondary school’ students into institutions of higher learning in the country.
According to CS Machogu, many young people in Kenya enter the labour market without adequate skills mainly because they were not exposed to proper and professional career guidance from primary school to the university level.
“Young people in Kenya face a monumental challenge of employment. Industry reports show that the youth unemployment rate is 67 percent compared to the overall unemployment rate of 12.7 percent in the country. For a country that has pegged its development on the robust energy of its youth, this picture does not inspire hope,” the Education CS said In a speech read on his behalf by Dr Meshack Opwora, the Director of TVET in the ministry.
Machogu mentioned that professional career guidance will assist learners in all stages of transition within CBC from Junior school, Senior school, Colleges, TVETS, and Universities to the world of work school, to tertiary to the world of work.
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The Education CS was speaking during the 2nd National Career Guidance Development Conference at the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD).
The conference, organized by The Career Development Association of Kenya (CDAK) brought together local and international experts, stakeholders and thought leaders to deliberate on the role of career guidance and development as a strategy in enhancing lifelong transitions and youth employability amid the ongoing education reforms in Kenya.
