The National Industrial Training Authority (NITA) has collaborated with the county governments through a consultative forum with county executives for education from the 47 counties in recognition of prior learning (RPL) to enhance job creation.
The forum, held at NITA offices in Athi river subcounty, Machakos, sought to engage the counties on how they can collaborate individually or collectively and work together in RPL and achieve NITA's target of certifying 420,000 artisans who have acquired skills through either formal education or informal experience by October 2025, in line with a presidential RRI directive.
NITA Director General (DG) Theresa Wasike, while speaking to the media after the deliberations, said they had informed the devolved entities of their mandate to collaborate through the Council of Governors (CoG) depending on each county's needs, to ensure the realization of the consultative forum resolutions. "We have met with county executives for education from the 47 counties and have had deliberations on how to work together especially on (RPL), since NITA has been given a target of 420,000 people to certify by October 2025," said Wasike.
The DG noted that the areas of collaboration and way forward with the counties will be Research and Curriculum Development, RPL, Assessment and Certification, Labor mobility, Industrial Training Development, Accreditation and Registration, National Youth opportunities towards advancement and Quality Assurance.
