Education

Through the program, YETU is employing strategies to strengthen vocational education, improve its quality and make it attractive and an alternative pathway to employment for young people. The program also prepares young people for employment and entrepreneurship through skills development, opening doors to opportunities and providing necessary resources. This in turn contributes to young people’s social, economic and civic participation. The program builds the traditional technical and vocational skills which include; agriculture, garment making, hair dressing, plumbing, electoral engineering, catering and hotel management into better and marketable skills like agribusiness, construction, manufacturing and information, technology and communications. This is done through strategies like short certified courses, apprenticeship, accelerated learning programs and soft / lifeskills training.