Determinants of Efficiency in Skills Development Through Vocational Education and Training (VET) in Kisii County, Kenya.

Abstract

Training is an indispensable important process that has as the potentialities to shape and determine the destiny of a country’s social-economic development agenda. This main objective of the study was to examine the influence of an enabling delivery environment on efficiency in skills development at Vocational Education Training (VET) institutions in Kisii County in Kenya. Data were collected from 317 participants in VET institutions as well as the county education officers through questionnaires. Qualitative and quantitative techniques were employed for data analysis. The findings showed that the majority of the respondents were in agreement that there exists a strong positive relationship between an enabling delivery environment and efficiency in skills development at VET institutions.  However, majority of the participants confirmed that these training institutions did not have adequate infrastructural facilities, instructional resources, tools and equipment, teaching and learning resources, and facilities. The findings have implications on the key education stakeholders involved in designing TVET sector plans and policies. They have to consider provision of such resources and facilities when planning and implementing skills development programmes and activities.