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Our vision
is to see the

country having
a competitive
market driven TVET
system delivering

competent workforce for
sustainable development.
We value integrity,
professionalism,

accountability, public
participation, teamwork
and efficiency.

c) Bolster emotional and disruptive technologies, trends and School leaders need to be aware
organizational resilience. developments we are seeing today of the full impact of such policy
have largely worked in favour of trends. For instance the full
The ability of leaders to prepare their African economies. We should implementation of AfCFTA would
institutions to ride out emergent explore and harness them to help help private education institutions
disruptions will enable them impact us leap-frog in to the future. For expand beyond country borders.
the destiny of their institutions instance here in Kenya technology With this, they would be able to
positively, even as they provide like mobile money and mobile increase their resiliency in the face
opportunities for new entrants. In banking is changing how people of future economic shocks. As well
fact disruptions allow new leaders access finance and banking services. as ushering in the need for deeper
to rise from what seems to be These trends are gaining strength reforms that are necessary to
impossible situations. and momentum especially when enhance long-term growth as focus
you look at the post-pandemic moves to producing a future-proof
The rollout of the Competency projections. Most of us fail to realize education system.
Based Curriculum (CBC) and the that the speed and scale of changes
Competency Based Education taking place, as well as the effects Mutheu Kasanga
and Training (CBET) ushers in an that will result out of this change. www.mutheukasaanga.co.ke
era of near-constant change and Will impact us for a long time,
discontinuity in our education unfortunately we are failing to make REFERENCES
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The good news is that most of the opportunities are endless.

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