Evaluation for Implementation of Training Programmes at the Technology Development Centre, Athi River, Kenya

Abstract

his paper reports the findings of a section of a broad study carried out to assess the capacity for the implementation of selected training programmes at the Technology Development Centre (TDC), a TIVET institution based in Athi River Town in the outskirts of Nairobi. The section of the study reported in this paper evaluated first, the training needs of the lecturers in the institution, and secondly, the status of its teaching and learning resources and facilities. The study established that lecturers have a variety of training needs and that, although the institution has an commendable array of treaching and learning resources facilities which are put to good use, some areas such as library services are inadequate. The paper concludes that inadequate teaching staff skills among lecturers and teaching facilities are affecting the delivery of training in the institution. Overall, implementation of the training programmes at TDC, though with challenges, is in the right direction. It recommends that the institution adopts a comprehensive staff development plan at all levels of technical training, including pedagogical skills for lecturers and that it establishes a research and production unit so as to improve links with industry.