MoE Reveals Most Marketable Diploma Courses In Job Market
The Ministry of Education (MoE) in collaboration with the Technical And Vocational Education Training (TVETs) has revealed the most marketable diploma courses in the job market in Kenya.
The Ministry of Education further released the list of diploma courses according to recent data released by Economic Survey are high on demand in the job market.
According to the statement made by the Principal Secretary of TVETs, Esther Muoria, the future of the country depends on the TVET graduates as much as many students are rushing for undergraduate courses.
Muoria further said the the diploma courses in (STEM) i.e Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics are high on demand on the job market.
The above information is based on the data Economic Survey.
Muoria added that the skills gained from STEM courses are the future of the economy. She has encouraged many students to grab the opportunity and take up these courses.
According to the PS, the Ministry of Education has estimated that in 2030, the TVET courses would have increase by 8 percent in popularity.
“Recent events such as the pandemic changed work positioning in an unprecedented way. “Consequently, the world has embrace technological skills father than previously anticipated to manage the prevailing trends,” she explained the rising popularity of the STEM courses.
Mrs. Muoria further indicated that students who will take the STEM courses will have a high employability as compared to those undertaking undergraduate courses due to industrial revolution in the country.
This is because industrial revolution will required people with the STEM skills.
STEM courses are classified into six cluster according to the Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS). These include;
1. Engineering and Technology
2. Environmental Sciences
3. Applied Sciences
4. Food Sciences
5. Computing
6. Information Technology
7. Diploma Courses in Engineering and Technology
8. Agricultural Engineering
9. Automotive Engineering
10. Mechanical Engineering
11. Electrical and Electronic Engineering
12. Electrical instrumentation and control
13. Diploma Courses in Environmental Sciences
14. Diploma in Applied sciences
16. Applied Biology
17. Analytical Chemistry
18. Applied Statistics
Diploma Courses in Health Sciences
- Community Health
- Pharmaceutical Technology
- Medical Laboratory Sciences
- Community Health and HIV Management
- Medical Laboratory Technology
- Diploma Courses in Food Science
- Baking Technology
- Food and Beverage production
- Food and beverage
- Food and beverage production sales and Service
- Food and Beverage production Services
- Food Science Technology
- Food processing Technology
Diploma Courses For Computing And Information Technology
- Information Communication Technology (ICT)
and IT - Computer Information Technology
