Technical and Vocational Education and Training Curriculum Modernisation in Nairobi

Programme Overview

Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) systems face urgent demands to adapt to rapidly evolving labour markets.⁣​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌⁣ This five-day executive programme in Nairobi equips TVET leaders, curriculum specialists, and workforce authorities with operational methods to modernise vocational education. Drawing upon established competency-based training approaches, the course examines how public institutions can restructure legacy curricula, establish robust occupational standards, and integrate national qualifications frameworks to ensure vocational qualifications reflect verified industry requirements.

Participants analyse institutional frameworks required to transition from theory-dominated teaching to dynamic competency-based education and training (CBET). The curriculum examines modular course structuring, occupational profiling, and the mechanics of formal enterprise engagement. By focusing on practical application, delegates explore how national training authorities coordinate occupational standards with private sector federations, establishing direct linkages between classroom instruction, laboratory simulations, dual-training models, and formal workplace apprenticeships.

The programme also examines quality assurance, practical assessment methodologies, and post-graduation monitoring systems. Attendees gain concrete skills in designing criterion-referenced assessment tools, digital skills tracking mechanisms, and continuous programme evaluation frameworks. Through applied case work and structured peer review, delegates develop realistic implementation plans tailored to public vocational agencies and donor-financed initiatives seeking sustainable workforce development and enhanced youth employment outcomes across the region.

Public agencies and international financing institutions are allocating substantial capital to large-scale human capital initiatives, including programmes such as the US$275m Priority Skills for Growth and Youth Empowerment project.⁣​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌⁣ Delivering on these commitments requires vocational education authorities to rapidly align training provision with market demand. Without modernised competency-based curricula, standardisation, and functional employer partnerships, national training systems risk producing graduates whose skills do not match economic priorities, undermining public investment and youth employment objectives.

Delivered by Risalat Consultants International in Nairobi, Kenya, it combines expert-led sessions, real cases and group work, so that participants can apply what they learn in their own institution.

The Programme Strengthens Institutional Capability

• Analysis of regional TVET policy frameworks and CBET shift requirements
• Developing Occupational Standards (OS) using DACUM and functional analysis
• Engaging Sector Skills Councils and industrial employer associations
• Aligning occupational profiles with National Qualifications Frameworks
• Practical drafting of unit competencies and performance criteria
• Translating occupational standards into learning outcomes and modules
• Modular curriculum architecture: core, technical, and transversal skills
• Green skills and digital transformation integration in technical curricula
• Service planning and management
• Quality improvement and standards
• Human resources and workforce planning
• Financing and budgeting for services

It is designed for TVET curriculum development specialists and instructional designers, vocational education agency directors and department heads, workforce development directors and national skills planners and others who want practical, current skills in health, education and social services.

The Growing Importance of Technical and Vocational Education

Health, education and social services reach people directly, and their quality depends on planning, management and the use of evidence. Governments and partners expect better results from limited budgets.

Leaders and managers in these sectors face rising demand, staff shortages and new technologies. Strong management skills help institutions plan services, use resources well and show results.

Organisations increasingly require professionals capable of:

• Plan and manage services to meet demand
• Improve quality against standards
• Manage staff and resources effectively
• Use data to guide decisions
• Work with communities and partners

Strong health, education and social services systems help organisations:

• Deliver better services to more people
• Use budgets and staff efficiently
• Meet quality standards
• Show results to government and partners

This Technical and Vocational Education and programme brings these elements together in a practical format, so that participants understand not only what good practice looks like but also how to introduce it in their own setting, with the people and resources they have.

Who Should Attend This Technical and Vocational Education and Training?

This programme is designed for:

• TVET curriculum development specialists and instructional designers
• Vocational education agency directors and department heads
• Workforce development directors and national skills planners
• Managers and technical advisers from Rwanda TVET Board (RTB)
• National qualifications framework and accreditation officers
• Directors of public and private vocational training polytechnics
• Coordinators of donor-financed skills development project implementation units
• Private sector federation liaisons and industrial attachment coordinators
• Assessment, examination, and certification leads in technical education
• Policy analysts focused on youth employment and vocational modernisation
• Service managers and administrators
• Directors and senior officials

The programme suits experienced professionals as well as those moving into new responsibilities. Groups that mix institutions and countries are encouraged, because participants learn a great deal from each other’s experience.

Technical and Vocational Education and Training Objectives

Upon successful completion of this Technical and Vocational Education and Training, participants will be able to:

• Analyse modern Competency-Based Education and Training (CBET) principles against traditional vocational delivery models
• Develop occupational standards and functional profiles in direct consultation with industry sector skills bodies
• Structure modularised, outcome-based TVET training packages aligned with national qualifications frameworks
• Establish formal private sector apprenticeship, dual-training, and workplace-learning governance models
• Design criterion-referenced competency assessment instruments and practical examination rubrics
• Formulate institutional skills tracker mechanisms to monitor graduate employment and workforce alignment
• Draft a project implementation roadmap for curriculum modernisation within donor-financed operational contexts
• Explain the main challenges facing their sector
• Plan services that match demand and resources
• Apply quality improvement methods

Each objective is practised during the programme through exercises, cases or group work, so that participants leave able to do it, not only to describe it.

Programme Contents and Structure

Technical and Vocational Education and Training Methodology

The training employs an applied, adult-learning methodology suited to senior public sector officials and technical experts.⁣​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌⁣ Instruction combines policy analysis, practical exercises, and comparative reviews of functional TVET models. Delegates collaborate in small working groups to draft occupational profiles, modular training units, and assessment rubrics using standardised templates. Facilitated peer discussions encourage cross-border knowledge exchange, while individual capstone exercises enable participants to produce actionable curriculum modernisation roadmaps tailored to their institutional mandates.

The programme combines:

• Expert-led sessions on current practice
• Regional and international case studies
• Group work and practical exercises
• Simulations and role plays where relevant
• Discussion of participants' own challenges
• Peer learning across institutions and countries
• Practical tools and templates to take back to work
• Daily reflection and action planning

Before the programme, a short pre-assessment helps the facilitators understand each participant’s role and priorities, so that examples and exercises can be adjusted to the group. Each day ends with a short reflection in which participants note what they will apply at work.

Expected Outcomes

Upon completion of this Technical and Vocational Education and Training, participants will be able to:

• Demonstrated mastery of CBET curriculum development and occupational profiling techniques
• Capability to convert industry requirements into accredited, modular vocational training units
• Enhanced competency in structuring enterprise apprenticeship agreements and attachment policies
• Proficiency in developing robust, criterion-referenced competency assessment tools
• Working operational knowledge to deploy graduate tracer studies and post-training tracking systems
• A customised institutional action plan for TVET modernisation ready for national or project deployment
• Plan services to meet demand
• Improve quality against standards

Participants leave with a personal action plan and practical tools they can use in their institution from the first week back. Institutions that send several participants can use the programme to agree shared methods and templates across teams, which makes improvements easier to sustain.

Institutional Application of Technical and Vocational Education and Training

This programme supports organisations in strengthening:

• Service planning
• Quality management
• Workforce management
• Data use
• Partnerships

Participants return with practical tools to improve:

• Service plans
• Quality reviews
• Workforce plans
• Performance reports
• Supply planning

The programme is built so that learning moves from the classroom into the institution. Participants work on their own processes and documents where possible, and leave with an action plan that their managers can review and support.

Regional Relevance & Application

Europe

European institutions apply health, education and social services within detailed regulatory frameworks and reform agendas. Participants from Europe can compare their practice with colleagues from other regions and test how established methods work under different conditions.

Africa

Across Africa, ministries, agencies and project teams working in health, education and social services increasingly operate alongside donor-financed programmes that expect clear systems and evidence. The programme helps participants adapt good practice to the institutions and resources they work with.

Middle East

In the Middle East, national development strategies and diversification plans place growing demands on health, education and social services. Participants explore how to build the capability these plans need inside public bodies and companies.

Asia

Institutions across Asia combine rapid growth with ambitious modernisation programmes. Participants from Asia can share their experience of scaling systems quickly and learn from approaches used elsewhere.

Pacific

Small island and Pacific states face particular constraints of size, distance and capacity. The programme highlights practical, proportionate approaches to health, education and social services that suit smaller institutions.

Holding the programme in Nairobi, Kenya brings participants together away from their daily pressures, so they can compare how health, education and social services is handled in different settings. The same programme can also be delivered in-house for one institution, in its own country or online, with cases taken from its current work.

Host Country Profile – Kenya

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Studying away from their own country gives participants time to focus, a fresh view of their own institution and the chance to build a network with colleagues from other countries.

Technical and Vocational Education and Training Deliverables

Participants receive support before, during and after the programme, so that preparation, learning and follow-up form one continuous experience.

Before the Programme

• Participant Pre-Assessment
• Technical and Vocational Education and Readiness Assessment
• Technical and Vocational Education and Resource Pack
• Preparatory Reading Materials
• Complimentary Visa Support & Advisory

During the Programme

• Airport Pickup & Welcome Assistance
• Accommodation with Breakfast
• Welcome Networking Dinner
• Risalat Training Kit (Bag, Bottle, Mug, T-Shirt, Cap, Passport Cover, Pens, Notebook, Magnet & Keychain)
• Comprehensive Technical and Vocational Education and Training Manual
• Service Planning Template
• Quality Improvement Plan Template
• Workforce Planning Template
• Performance Dashboard Template
• Practical Workshops & Simulations
• Group Discussions & Peer Learning
• Daily Lunch and Refreshments
• Full Access to Training Venue Facilities
• Mini Pad / Tablet with Digital Learning Materials
• Field Visit (where applicable)
• Entertaining City Tour

After the Programme

• Certificate of Completion
• Risalat Programme Participation Recognition Award
• Post-Training Reference Materials
• Service Review Checklist
• Improvement Tracking Sheet
• Post-Training Support & Follow-Up Guidance
• Programme Report

Institutions can also request a tailored in-house version of this programme, delivered at their premises or online. Request a proposal.

Common Challenges in Technical and Vocational Education and, And How This Training Helps

How can institutions plan and manage services to meet demand?

The programme addresses this directly on the first day (Foundations of CBET and Occupational Standard Formulation), where participants practise the methods involved and adapt them to their own institution, then build it into their action plan.

How can institutions improve quality against standards?

The programme addresses this directly on the second day (Curriculum Modernisation and Modular Design), where participants practise the methods involved and adapt them to their own institution, then build it into their action plan.

How can institutions manage staff and resources effectively?

The programme addresses this directly on the third day (Enterprise Partnerships, Dual Training, and Apprenticeships), where participants practise the methods involved and adapt them to their own institution, then build it into their action plan.

How can institutions use data to guide decisions?

The programme addresses this directly on the fourth day (Competency Assessment, Verification, and Certification), where participants practise the methods involved and adapt them to their own institution, then build it into their action plan.

How can institutions work with communities and partners?

The programme addresses this directly on the fifth day (Skills Tracking, Quality Assurance, and Project Delivery), where participants practise the methods involved and adapt them to their own institution, then build it into their action plan.

Frequently Asked Questions

When and where does the Technical and Vocational Education and programme take place?

It runs from 21 Jun 2027 to 25 Jun 2027, in Nairobi, Kenya. The registration deadline is shown at the top of this page.

Who should attend?

The programme is designed for TVET curriculum development specialists and instructional designers, vocational education agency directors and department heads, workforce development directors and national skills planners, managers and technical advisers from Rwanda TVET Board (RTB), and others who want practical skills in health, education and social services.

Will I receive a certificate?

Yes. Participants who complete the programme receive a Certificate of Completion from Risalat Consultants International.

Can this programme be delivered for our institution only?

Yes. We can deliver a tailored in-house version at your premises, in another city or online, built around your own cases. Use the proposal request on this page.

Do I need prior experience in health, education and social services?

No specialist background is required beyond experience in a related role. A short pre-assessment helps the facilitators adapt the sessions to the group.

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