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"speaker_name": "Hon. Julius Migos Ogamba",
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"content": "mandate includes primary schools, secondary schools and special education institutions, as previously indicated. The mandate of the county government on the other hand, covers pre-primary education, village polytechnics, home craft centers and childcare facilities. In the national Government, the Ministry of Education, through the State Department for Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) is responsible for education and training policies related to examinations, assessments and certification, including quality assurance in TVET institutions. The uniform implementation of these policies among the counties is key in achieving standardisation of the quality of qualifications achieved by learners. The overall framework for intergovernmental relations is in the Intergovernmental Relations Act, 2012. The Act provides a framework for consultation and cooperation between the national and county governments, amongst county governments. The State Department for Technical Vocational Education and Training works with the Intergovernmental Relations Technical Committee (IGRTC) and county governments and the Council of Governors (COG) to coordinate vocational education and training. This collaboration has been in the areas of policy development, legislation, norms and standards and implementation of the devolved functions. It is critical to note that for the purpose of coordination, the State Department for TVET has fully-fledged directorates, known as the Directorate of Vocational Education and Training. Their primary mandate is to provide the linkage and coordination with county governments in the areas of policy coordination. This coordination is also achieved through various semi-autonomous Government agencies under the State Department, such as the Technical and Vocational Education and Training Authority (TVETA), the Kenya National Qualifications Authority (KNQA) and the Curriculum Development, Assessment and Certification Council (TVET- CDACC). (b) Mr. Speaker, Sir, TVETA undertakes the registration of TVETs, including vocational training centres and registration of trainers. In this regard, TVETA has so far registered 1,174 VTCs and licensed over 9,221 trainers countrywide. The TVETA Board has co-opted a representative of the Council of Governors (CoG to articulate the matters of vocational training in counties. The KNQA is established under the Kenya National Qualifications Framework Act, 2014. The Act mandates KNQA to coordinate the development of policies on national qualifications. In developing policies, KNQA sets out the specific roles and coordination mechanisms for each agency. These include the roles of the qualifications awarding institutions, regulators, assessment and examination bodies, institutions that perform placement and admission of trainees and curriculum developers. TVET CDACC, on the other hand, actively collaborates with various stakeholders, including county governments, industry players and regulatory bodies in the rollout of the Competency Based Education and Training (CBET). TVET-CDACC has partnered with county governments to roll out Competency-Based Assessment (CBA). So far, several VTCs have been trained on the CBA. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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