Skilled artisans who have not attended conventional educational institutions may soon receive recognition if a proposed law requiring the government to establish processes is passed.
Joshua Oron, Kisumu Central MP, wants the National Industrial Training Authority, which is obliged by law, to establish a method for assessing prior learners.
According to the proposed Bill, “The authority shall be responsible for establishing a system and structure that assesses and certifies a person who has acquired skilled through informal, non-formal or experiential training or education in any vocational trade or craft,”
The Industrial Training (Amendment) Bill, 2024, wants the Nita board to take it up that “it shall establish systems and processes for the recognition and assessment of prior learning.”
Oron says the bill seeks to provide for an avenue through which a person who acquires knowledge and skills through learning methods outside the academic environment can apply for recognition of their skills.
He argues that people who work in formal, informal, non-formal and even jua kali sectors gain knowledge, skills, expertise and attributes through practice.
