Wednesday, April 15, 2020

Kitui institute of development studies: where exactly is that college?

Well, the last time I checked, Kitui Institute of development studies was in Kitui town CBD. When you get to Kitui town CBD, you will find that one of the major streets there is known as Kilungya street. It is along the said Kilungya street that you will find the Kitui institute of development studies – somewhere close to Kitui’s Naivas supermarket.
Interacting with a few of the students who study at the Kitui institute of development studies, I came to learn that their school offers a number of certificate and diploma level courses. The students I was speaking to told me that they were enrolled in the certificate courses, and interacting with them, I got the impression that they were getting a decent technical education in a busy urban setting... Two of them told them that they were studying at Kitui institute of development studies (or KIDS as they called it) with a view to get certificates after which they would start looking for jobs. The third one told me that her eyes were trained on the entrepreneurial route after graduating from KIDS, although she wouldn’t mind working for a while initially in order to raise the capital…
What I like about schools like Kitui Institute of Development Studies is the fact that they tend to offer marketable courses. 
It helps too that the urban setting in which the Kitui Institute of Development Studies operates is one that is likely to attract qualified and experienced lecturers (unlike the colleges in the interior that tend to struggle to attract qualified and experienced lecturers). 
And as the students told me, the fees payment arrangements are quite flexible. 
And the fact that the Kitui Institute of Development Studies is in a busy urban setting means that the students get a chance to network with individuals who can help them secure jobs later, and the busy urban setting also translates into opportunities for part-time work which can help in offsetting fees payments. Furthermore, the busy urban setting also means that the kids get lots of exposure which can then help them later in their professional pursuits…

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