Background
The Technical and Vocational Education and Training Authority (TVETA) is a public corporate agency established under the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Act No. 29 of 2013 to regulate and coordinate training in the country through licensing, registration and accreditation of programs, institutions and trainers. Section 7 of the Act, 2013 gives the powers and functions of the Authority to regulate and coordinate training; inspect, license and register and accredit training institutions; accredit and inspect programmes and courses; promote access and relevance of training programmes; determine the national technical and vocationaltraining objectives; assure quality and relevance in programmes of training among other functions.
The Authority is governed by a Board appointed by the Cabinet Secretary responsible for Technical and Vocational Education and Training while the day to day affairs are managed by the Board’s Secretariat, headed by a Director General. Prior to the establishment of TVETA, a Directorate of Technical Accreditation and Quality Assurance and Directorate of Youth Training had been established to undertake inspection and registration of TVET institutions with the purview of the mandate of the Ministries of Higher Education Science and Technology and Youth Affairs and Sports respectively.
The Kenyan TVET sector comprises of National Polytechnics, Technical Training Institutes (TTIs), Vocational Training Centres (VTCs), Technical Trainer Colleges and any other category specified by the Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Education Science and Technology.
These are the TVET colleges that have been approved by the TVETA board to offer CBET programmes:
Here is the list of TVET Authority approved Competency-Based Education and Training (CBET) curricula developed by Curriculum Development Assessment and Certification Council (CDACC):
| NO | CURRICULUM | LEVEL 3 | LEVEL 4 | LEVEL 5 | LEVEL6 | DEVELOPER |
| 2 | Agripreneurship | Approved | Approved | Approved | Approved | CDACC |
| 4 | Aquaculture | Approved | Approved | Approved | Approved | CDACC |
| 8 | Beauty Therapy | Approved | Approved | Approved | Approved | CDACC |
| 20 | Culinary Arts | Approved | _ | _ | Approved | CDACC |
| 21 | Dairy Farm Management | Approved | Approved | Approved | Approved | CDACC. |
| 26 | Electrical Installation | Approved | _ | _ | _ | CDACC. |
| 30 | Food and Beverage | Approved | Approved | _ | _ | CDACC. |
| 34 | Front Office Operations | Approved | _ | _ | _ | CDACC. |
| 35 | Hair Dressing and Beauty Therapy | Approved | _ | _ | _ | CDACC |
| 36 | Hairdressing | Approved | Approved | Approved | Approved | CDACC |
| 38 | Horticulture Nursery Management | Approved | Approved | Approved | Approved | CDACC |
| 39 | Horticulture Processing | Approved | Approved | Approved | Approved | CDACC |
| 40 | Horticulture Production | Approved | Approved | Approved | Approved | CDACC |
| 45 | Instrumentation and control | Approved | Approved | Approved | Approved | CDACC |
| 49 | Masonry | Approved | _ | _ | _ | CDACC |
| 54 | Meat Slaughter house Attendant | Approved | _ | _ | _ | CDACC |
| 65 | Plumbing | Approved | _ | _ | _ | CDACC |
| 67 | Poultry Broiler Production Attendant | Approved | _ | _ | _ | CDACC |
| 70 | Poultry Kienyeji Chicken Production Operator | Approved | _ | _ | _ | CDACC |
| 71 | Poultry Layer Production Attendant | Approved | _ | _ | _ | CDACC |
| 82 | Security Guard | Approved | _ | _ | _ | CDACC |
| 1 | Agricultural Extension | _ | _ | _ | Approved | CDACC |
| 3 | Apiculture (Bee Technology) | _ | _ | Approved | Approved | CDACC |
| 5 | Automotive Engineering | _ | _ | Approved | _ | CDACC |
| 6 | Automotive Technician | _ | _ | _ | Approved | CDACC |
| 7 | Baking Technology | _ | _ | _ | Approved | CDACC |
| 9 | Building Technician | _ | _ | _ | Approved | CDACC. |
| 10 | Business Management | _ | _ | Approved | Approved | CDACC |
| 11 | Cartography | _ | _ | _ | Approved | CDACC |
| 12 | Certified Pension Management | _ | _ | _ | Approved | CDACC |
| 13 | Chemical Engineering | _ | _ | _ | Approved | CDACC |
| 14 | Christian Ministry | _ | _ | _ | Approved | CDACC |
| 15 | Construction Management | _ | _ | _ | Approved | CDACC |
| 16 | Cooperative Management | _ | _ | _ | Approved | CDACC |
| 17 | Counselling Psychology | _ | _ | _ | Approved | CDACC |
| 18 | Credit Management | _ | _ | _ | Approved | CDACC |
| 19 | Credit Officer | _ | _ | Approved | _ | CDACC |
| 22 | Dairy Plant Management | _ | Approved | Approved | Approved | CDACC |
| 23 | Electrical Engineering | _ | _ | _ | Approved | CDACC |
| 24 | Electrical Engineering (Power Option) | _ | _ | _ | Approved | CDACC |
| 25 | Electrical Installation | _ | _ | Approved | _ | CDACC |
| 27 | Electrical Operation (Power Option) | _ | _ | Approved | _ | CDACC |
| 28 | Fashion Design | _ | _ | _ | Approved | CDACC |
| 29 | Financial Sales | _ | _ | Approved | _ | CDACC |
| 31 | Food and Beverage (Sales and Service Management) | _ | Approved | Approved | _ | CDACC |
| 32 | Food Production | _ | Approved | Approved | _ | CDACC |
| 33 | Food Technology | _ | _ | Approved | _ | CDACC |
| 37 | Highway Engineering | _ | _ | _ | Approved | CDACC |
| 41 | House Keeping | _ | Approved | Approved | _ | CDACC |
| 42 | Housekeeping Management | _ | _ | _ | Approved | CDACC |
| 43 | Human Resource Management | _ | _ | Approved | Approved | CDACC |
| 44 | ICT Technician | _ | _ | Approved | Approved | CDACC |
| 46 | Laundry and Dry Cleaning | _ | Approved | _ | _ | CDACC |
| 47 | Marketing | _ | _ | _ | Approved | CDACC |
| 48 | Marriage and Family Counselling | _ | _ | _ | Approved | CDACC |
| 50 | Meat Abattoir Operator | _ | Approved | _ | _ | CDACC |
| 51 | Meat Butchery Attendant | _ | Approved | _ | _ | CDACC |
| 52 | Meat Butchery Operations | _ | Approved | _ | _ | CDACC |
| 53 | Meat Processing | _ | Approved | Approved | _ | CDACC |
| 55 | Mechanical Production Technician | _ | _ | _ | Approved | CDACC |
| 56 | Mechatronics | _ | _ | Approved | Approved | CDACC |
| 57 | Office Administration | _ | _ | _ | Approved | CDACC |
| 58 | Office Assistant | _ | Approved | _ | _ | CDACC |
| 59 | Oil Pipeline Fire Officer | _ | _ | Approved | _ | CDACC |
| 60 | Oil Pipeline Instrumentation and Control | _ | _ | Approved | _ | CDACC |
| 61 | Oil Pipeline Laboratory Technology | _ | _ | Approved | _ | CDACC |
| 62 | Oil Pipeline Mechanical Maintenance | _ | _ | Approved | _ | CDACC |
| 63 | Oil Pipeline Operations | _ | _ | Approved | _ | CDACC |
| 64 | Operation Theatre Technology | _ | _ | Approved | Approved | CDACC |
| 66 | Poultry Breeding Operations | _ | _ | Approved | _ | CDACC |
| 68 | Poultry Broiler Production Operator | _ | Approved | _ | _ | CDACC |
| 69 | Poultry Hatchery Operations | _ | Approved | _ | _ | CDACC |
| 72 | Poultry Layer Production Operations | _ | Approved | _ | _ | CDACC |
| 73 | Poultry Management | _ | _ | _ | Approved | CDACC |
| 74 | Poultry Processing Operator | _ | _ | Approved | _ | CDACC |
| 75 | Poultry Products Processing Operations | _ | Approved | _ | _ | CDACC |
| 76 | Printing Technology | _ | _ | _ | Approved | CDACC |
| 77 | Project Management | _ | _ | Approved | _ | CDACC |
| 78 | Project Management | _ | _ | _ | Approved | CDACC |
| 79 | Quantity Survey | _ | _ | _ | Approved | CDACC |
| 80 | Records and Archives Management | _ | _ | Approved | Approved | CDACC |
| 81 | Refrigeration and air Conditioning | _ | _ | Approved | _ | CDACC |
| 83 | Social Work | _ | _ | Approved | Approved | CDACC |
| 84 | Supply Chain | _ | _ | Approved | Approved | CDACC |
| 85 | Tourism Management | _ | _ | _ | Approved | CDACC |
| 86 | Tourism Operations | _ | _ | Approved | _ | CDACC |
| 87 | Welding and Fabrication | _ | _ | _ | Approved | CDACC |
Source: TVETA.