Adapting Apprenticeships Learning for Youth Employability: Evidences from Selected Dual Vocational Training Projects in Kenya

dc.contributor.author Kithinji, Winfred
dc.coverage.placeName Kenya
dc.coverage.spatial Africa
dc.date.accessioned 2022-08-09T05:22:56Z
dc.date.available 2022-08-09T05:22:56Z
dc.date.issued 2022-09
dc.description.abstract PCF10 Sub-theme: Fostering Lifelong Learning // Apprenticeships learning is part of the ongoing educational reforms to combat youth unemployment in Kenya. This paper presents findings of a study that assessed five donor-funded apprenticeships training projects using a descriptive research design. Using a sample of 54 respondents from apprentices, employers, schoo-based and in-company trainers, the study established that apprenticeship training improved the quality of vocational training. Moreover, apprenticeship training equipped trainees with market-ready skills that enabled a school-to work transition for employment, with a higher employer preference of apprenticeships’ graduates compared to the school-based track. Similarly, the collaborative engagement of employers during training gave them a source of low cost labor and high productivity so that they could support trainees and the vocational schools. The study recommended the need to mainstream apprenticeships learning in formal vocational training as a sure way of increasing employment opportunities. // Paper ID 272
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.56059/pcf10.272
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/11599/4085
dc.language.iso en
dc.publisher Commonwealth of Learning (COL)
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
dc.subject Apprenticeship
dc.subject Youth
dc.subject Employment
dc.subject Lifelong Learning
dc.subject Technical/Vocational Education and Training (TVET)
dc.title Adapting Apprenticeships Learning for Youth Employability: Evidences from Selected Dual Vocational Training Projects in Kenya
dc.type Working Paper
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