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InterreactWith Industry to Offer Practical Solutions – VC Urges Varsities | The Technical University of Kenya Home Faculties Library Research I-Repository Staff Mail Alumni Student's Portal Staff e-portal Intake 2018 Contacts MenuWell-nighTU-KTU-K Profile GovernanceThe Chancellor The University Council The Senate ManagementThe Vice-Chancellor The University Management Board AdministrationAdministration, Planning and Infrastructure Technology, Innovation and Partnerships Academic, Research and Students ProfessorsFull Professors Associate Professors AcademicsFacultiesApplied Sciences and Technology Engineering Sciences and Technology Social Sciences and Technology Examinations Undergraduate ProgrammesBachelors Degree Courses Diploma Courses Description of Bachelor of Technology Programmes Postgraduate Programmes Library AdmissionAdmission Lists Advertised Courses Prospective Students Scholarships and Grants Students SupportDirector of Students Sports and Recreation Message to Students New Students News from the Directorate Chaplaincy Clubs and Associations Religious Groups Staff Student Downloads Student Welfare Students Leadership SATUK Constitution You are hereHome »InterreactWith Industry to Offer Practical Solutions – VC Urges VarsitiesInterreactWith Industry to Offer Practical Solutions – VC Urges Varsities There is need for universities to interreact with the industry increasingly closely to offer practical training in the field of engineering. This was said by the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Francis Aduol when he presided over the opening of a three-day Higher Education Partnership for Sub-Saharan Africa (HEPSSA) workshop at Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD), Nairobi. The workshop was organised by Moi University in partnership with the Technical University of Kenya and The Royal Academy of Engineering, UK. Prof. Aduol said, “I am pleased that we are gathered here today to discuss collaboration between the industry and universities offering engineering programmes.” Professor Aduol noted that most universities ground their students in theory at the expense of practical training, leaving them as mere lame ducks. To write the gap, the VC tabbed for universities to strike a wastefulness between scientific and practical training of students. The VC explained that Kenya has a huge shortage of engineers yet the country aspires to attain the Vision 2030. “Currently, we have a ratio of 2,500 Kenyans versus one engineer instead of the required one engineer versus 200 Kenyans. What is funny is that our engineering graduates are jobless surrounded shortage of engineers and yet the industry tells us they want engineers,” said Prof. Aduol. The Professor warned that although engineering programmes remain popular among students, they are unseat to discover that there is no reason to pursue them when they cannot get jobs in the industry. “If we don’t do something to preclude the current trend of theoretical training of engineers, it’s just a matter of time and we shall start losing engineering students to religion and history considering they won’t find value in our programmes,” he cautioned. Dr. Joseph Kiplagat, the Director for Research in the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Cooperatives, who delivered a keynote address, concurred with Prof. Aduol, reiterating that there was need to ensure that skills in the academia are weightier suited for the industry. “Africa has to be industrialised and something has to be done. The solution is with the academia-industry linkage and partnerships. This is key for Kenya to develop a knowledge-based economy,” said Dr. Kiplagat. Moi University Dean School of Engineering, Prof. Eng. Simiyu Sitati, said it is a bonus for a cademia to link with the industry since it will write challenges of youth unemployment among other things. The Royal Academy of Engineering UK, advertised a bid for the HEPSSA project to which Prof. Sitati was the lead applicant, supported by professors John Githaiga and Zachary Siagi, both from Moi University. “What we are doing in the project is to nail members of academia to the industry for a specified period like one month and moreover invite members of the industry to be tying to Moi University for well-nigh one month,” said Prof. Sitati explaining that the attachees will disseminate their experiences in workshops. Among the institutions that participated included; The Technical University of Kenya, the Royal Academy of Engineering UK, Makerere University, University of Dar-es-Salaam, Busitema University, Uganda Martyrs University, University of Highlands and Islands and University of Eldoret. Others were Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, Dedan Kimathi University of Technology, Technical University of Mombasa, Rivatex East Africa Limited, KVDA and Konza City. 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