CAP YEI Partnership

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CAP YEI Partnership

Technical Institutions / Youth Polytechnics

Banking and Financial Institutions

Corporate community

Objective of the partnership: Youth Polytechnics and TVETS

To replicate CAP YEIs BEST model in Youth Polytechnics and TVETS to complement their

curriculum portfolios. In addition, adaption of the model ould increase the !isi"ility andpromotes #oodill of partnership amon# all the concerned sta$eholders.

Othaya Youth Polytechnic - Nyeri South

Christian Industrial Training Center ! "om#asa

Thika Technical Training Institute

$ldoret Youth Polytechnic

%akamega Youth Polytechnic

PC %inyan&ui Technical Training Institute

Objective of the partnership: Financial institutions

To ena"le financial inclusion of youn# %enyans throu#h facilitated lin$a#es "eteen the youth

and the "an$in# institutions, thus ena"le youths access to openin# of accounts, pro!idin#

financial literacy and entrepreneurship s$ills, and to assistin# the youn# people to start micro"usinesses.

S"$ '(rica

Post Bank

Opportunity %enya )imited

Youth $nterprise *e+elopment Fund

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$uity Bank


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.$0O Fund

MISSION

To #uild sa(er1 healthier1 and producti+e communities o( young people capa#le o( supporting

sel(-directed gro2th and positi+e citi3enship4

VISION

C'P Y$I5s +ision is to #e an end- to-end community #ased solutions pro+ider in linking uality

learning and sustaina#le li+elihood (or +ulnera#le communities o( children and young people

QUALITY POLICY

C'P Y$I6s (oundation5s dedicated pro(essionals commit to address po+erty alle+iation #y linking

learning and li+elihood needs through inno+ati+e mechanisms (or disad+antaged youth and

2omen there#y ena#ling them to access euita#le and promising opportunities through

adherence to the 7uality standards and practices

Approach&oomla templates (ree

CAP youth Empoerment Institute implements Basic Employa"ility S$ills Trainin# &BEST'

model throu#h pu"lic(pri!ate partnerships for its sustaina"ility and scala"ility. CAP YEImo"ili)es tar#et youth throu#h #o!ernment of %enya *inistry of Youth &*+Y' Partnership
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ith local -+s and CB+s -etor$ of Youth +r#ani)ations and s$ills trainin# Sectors e.#.

Youth Polytechnics and TVETS. CAP YEI focuses on s$ills trainin# in sectors in need of hi#h

demand of or$force, includin#/

8ospitality

Customer 9elations and Sales

'utomo#ile

Security

Floriculture

'griculture : Floriculture

$lectrical and $lectronics

Carpentry and ;oinery

Industrial


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#y esta#lishing only one centreA Buru#uru4 Currently1 there are additional ?? B$ST training centres

including 'thi 9i+er1 Nai+asha1 "om#asa1 Othaya1 Thika1 Nakuru1 %isumu1 $ldoret1 %akamega1

*agoretti1 and "ikindani1 putting the (igure o( C'P Y$I centres at ?=4

By Octo#er ?st =>?1 a total o( 1DE? youth had #een enrolled into the program1 1>@? had

completed training1 = are in internship1 ?E= o( them had started their o2n small #usiness

enterprises1 and ?1D or @4DG 2ho had completed training had #een employed and 2ere earning

money4 ' total o( EH Students are currently under training4 Furthermore1 youth 2ho are in training

sessions continue to #e linked to potential (uture employers through scheduled #usiness mentor

net2orks B"NJ1 parents meetings1 (ield eKposure +isits1 and internship placements4 In addition1

youth are (acilitated to (orm peer groups1 sa+ings groups1 and small income generating acti+ities 2hile

they are still training at C'P Y$I4 Furthermore1 these groups continue to #ecome part o( alumni

net2orks that (acilitate linkages to opportunities in the 2orld o( 2ork and #usinesses4 To date1 DE

percent o( the students 2ho 2ent through C'P Y$I ha+e opened their o2n personal and group #ank

accounts and are sa+ing some money4

Reform Polytechnics To Meet Market Needs

BY NDUNG'U KAHHU

!ast year" #hen $d%cation &ainet (ecretary )aco Kaimenyi #as releasin* the Kenya

&ertificate of Primary $d%cation e+am res%lts" an im,ortant statistic from his s,eech #as

lost amon* all the contro-ersy ao%t rankin* and ,ri-ate -ers%s ,%lic school candidates

loomin* selection" or lack of it" to secondary schools.

Kaimenyi anno%nced that o%t of the //0"000 st%dents #ho sat K&P$ in 1023" only 4/5"000

#o%ld find ,laces in secondary schools. (ome 200"000 #o%ld e asored in technical and

-ocational ed%cation and trainin* instit%tions. He did not say #hat #o%ld ha,,en to the

rest" 67"000" a n%mer that has een increasin* e-ery year.

The constit%tion states that ed%cation is a f%ndamental ri*ht. B%t" e-en if this #as not the

case" the sheer #aste of ,otential re,resented y these children #ho fall thro%*h cracks

sho%ld concern e-eryone #ho cares ao%t the nation.

The *o-ernment has" since 1003" in-ested hea-ily in technical and -ocational ed%cationsector reforms. B%t re-ersin* the ne*ati-e effects of more than 30 years of ne*lect" #ron*

,olicies and ,riorities #ill take time. Then a*ain the te,id #ay these reforms are ein* done

and the many contradictions make one #onder #hether #e really -al%e -ocational skills

trainin*" or #e only say #e do.

8ther#ise ho# #o%ld yo% e+,lain the many technical trainin* instit%tions that ha-e een

con-erted into %ni-ersities and colle*es and ha-e ne-er een re,laced9 8r the fact that"


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#hile the entire T:$T sector has the ,otential to enroll 200"000 st%dents" accordin* to

Kaimenyi" total %ni-ersity enrollment" lar*ely the ,reser-e of the elite middle class" is

730"000.

f this #as ,%rely a ;%estion of %ildin* more facilities to host more st%dents" it #o%ld e

easy to sol-e. B%t the root ca%ses of o%r T:$T ,rolem *o far eyond the need for hard#are.t is a reflection of #ron*headed *o-ernment ,riorities" ne*lect and societal attit%des that

rate technical ed%cation as inferior to academic ed%cation. The ;%ality of ed%cation offered

in yo%th ,olytechnics is ,oor and teachin* morale is e+tremely lo#. Many yo%th

,olytechnics teach the same or instance" altho%*h the

*o-ernment s%sidises the cost of ed%cation in yo%th ,olytechnics y more than half" the

ma?ority of them are %nder%tilised" in some cases r%nnin* at less than @0 ,er cent ca,acity.

(%ch #aste" in the face of increasin* n%mers of yo%th #ho are des,erate for a chance to

*ain em,loyment skills and o,,ort%nities" is sim,ly %nacce,tale. (omethin* has to chan*e.

The reform ,rocess no# %nder#ay m%st *i-e as m%ch attention to the


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None of this is rocket science. (o the ;%estion is" #hy are #e not doin* it9 B%t ,erha,s the

more im,ortant ;%estion sho%ld e" is there the #ill to do it9

There is some e-idence that chan*e is on the #ay" aleit slo#ly. !ast year=s estalishment of

T:$TA" the a%thority res,onsile for this sector has o,ened a door for a farreachin*

rethink of technical and -ocational ed%cation that ho,e #ill not e left to #aste. The recentreforms at the NY(" altho%*h not com,leted" sho# #hat kind of res%lts can e achie-ed

#here there is -ision and ,olitical #ill.

(e-eral ,ri-ate ,ro-iders of yo%th em,loyment skills trainin* ha-e tested models that sho#

that s%ch chan*es can e made #itho%t too m%ch cost or disr%,tion. (ome res%lts are ;%ite

im,ressi-e" a-era*in* 5@ ,er cent em,loyment s%ccess for yo%th eneficiaries. The res,onse

y ind%stry" ,arents and the yo%th themsel-es has een -ery *ood" sho#in* that indeed

there is a h%*e ,ent%, demand for res,onsi-e" marketdri-en skills trainin* ,ro*rammes.

e need to rin* the est of these res%lts from *o-ernment" ,ri-ate sector and ci-il society

to reform the entire sector. t can e done. ill it e done9 8%r yo%th cannot #ait fore-er.

Nd%n*'% Kahih% is e+ec%ti-e director of &a, Yo%th $m,o#erment nstit%te" Nairoi.

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CAP-Youth Empowerment Institute Capacity Building

May 4

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open to both continuing students and CAP alumni and will be coordinated through the

Entrepreneurship Office at head office with the support of Center Coordinators. Interested

entrepreneurs should contact their respective Centers immediately to be enrolled in the program


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The main objectives of the Capacity Building Programme for Youth Polytechnics and TVETS include:

To incorporate appropriate BEST modules in YPs curriculum for complimentary purposes.

To support instructors in introducing elements of the BEST modules of their interest in their classes

and among their students.

To increase implementation of labor market oriented employability skills training in Dundori YP.

Ultimately, capacity building of instructors would facilitate youth access to job placements in acompetitive job market, help youth make informed choices for their self-directed growth and positive

citizenship, and promote earning and savings culture among the youth


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CAP-Youth Empowerment Institute (YEI) is a non government organization committed, specifically to

skills training for youth through Basic Employability Skill Training (BEST) model. CAP YEI isimplementing the Learn, Earn, and Save Initiative in Sub Sahara AfricaKenya, supported by the

MasterCard Foundation and CAP Workforce Development Institute (WDI).
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