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Vocational schools face funding challenges amid rising demand for skilled workers

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Manager Industrial Training, NITA Nairobi, Millicent Otom, hands over TTI recommendations to Dr. William Kiprono, Secretary of Administration at the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection during an event in Nairobi. [Mike Kihaki, Standard]

Technical training institutions in the country are struggling to provide quality service delivery due to funding constraints, despite the increased demand for skilled workers in various industries.

The lack of adequate funding has resulted in poor learning facilities and limited opportunities for industrial attachment for the graduates.

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