The Lagdera Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institution in Lagdera Sub County, Garissa County is set to open and admit students.
County Development Implementation Coordination Committee, Garissa County commissioner Boaz Cherutich assessed the institution and said Form four leavers in Lagdera Sub County wishing to undertake technical courses will no longer need to travel 176 kilometers to Garissa town to learn, with the completion of the new facility.
Courses to be offered
Construction of the national government funded was commissioned in 2016 at a cost of Sh50 million. Lagdera Technical and Vocational Education and Training is the first and only technical institution in the area.
According to the school principal Abdul Saman, the TVET College will admit 50 students in September for technical courses including plumbing, electrical and mechanical engineering, building and civil engineering among others. Other courses to be offered are supply chain management, community development and business courses.
โOur purpose here today is to assess the readiness of this institution in terms of preparations for admission of students. The principal has assured us that the facility is ready except for furniture, which the government is going to fully provide,โ Cherutich said.
โWe appeal to our young people to take advantage of this institution and apply for technical courses,โ he added
