Over seven years, through KBEST, Colleges and Institutes Canada (CICan will work directly with 20 Technical and Vocational Education and Training Institutes (TVETIs), 2 specialized training institutions (Bandari Maritime Academy and Railways Training Institute), and 2 National Level Training Centres. The main goal of KBEST is to have youth, especially young women, equipped with job- and business-ready skills to contribute to key economic sectors associated with the Blue Economy (BE) in Kenya. KBEST builds on CICan’s experience and leadership in the Kenyan TVET sector and initiatives such as the Kenya Education for Employment Program (KEFEP), and Young Africa Works in Kenya-TVET (YAW-K). The partnerships will increase local training institutional capacity to deliver gender-responsive skills training programs in the BE sector that meet the needs of Kenyan industry and economic growth plans by leveraging Canadian college and institute expertise in partnership with Kenyan TVETIs to develop industry-relevant BE training programs.
Client
Colleges and Institutes Canada (CICan)
Location
7 Counties: Siaya,Busia, Homabay, Kisumu, Kilifi, Kwale, Mombasa
Actual services provided to Colleges and Institutes Canada (CICan)
- Recruited competent research assistants to support data collection.
- Conducted pilot testing of the survey tools and translated some tools to Swahili.
- Conducted the training of research assistants, in Nairobi with support from CICan and Advisem
- Managed all aspects of data collection and data cleaning with oversight from CICan and Advisem
- Adhered to survey procedures and quality standards.
- Prepared preliminary survey reports – on number of respondents reached disaggregated
- Implemented the designed sampling methodology and substitution protocol with the approval of the CICan and Advisem Team.
- Implemented checks and controls designed in conjunction with the CICan team to ensure the quality of the information being collected during the survey’s implementation and a protocol for recollecting the data, if necessary, when errors for a questionnaire reach a certain threshold
- Ensured that contact data are maintained and stored in a manner that is fully confidential so that no external individual or institution can identify any specific individual in the data. Names and contact information were only be made available to the survey team.
- Completed data collection for all planned/substitute sample respondents.