Education and the Market
The elections 2017 and the discussions that happened around them have showed that the public political discourse in Kenya is still very much focused on topics of corruption, ethnicity, and the scandalisation of politics.
The Goethe-Institut Kenya, in cooperation with
Twaweza Communications, is presenting a series of panel discussions on policy issues that should be more in the public eye, while at the same time offering a comparative perspective, inviting panelists from Germany as well as Kenya. The Civil Society Dialogues will shed light on topics of interest that are at the core of the political debate in a working democracy and see how they are dealt with in both countries.
Our session on 28 March 2018 will be dealing with the connection between education and the market. How is the education system trying to make sure that its graduates are well prepared to enter the labour force? Are we doing enough to encourage young people to choose courses that are in high demand by the market? Is the professional education system geared towards providing the best possible education, even if it isn’t in an academic field? And how does the German dual education system earn its reputation of producing highly skilled trained workers?
With
- Prof. Bitange Ndemo, University of Nairobi's Business School; former Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information and Communications
- Anzetse Were, development economist and columnist Business Daily
- Christine Freitag, Education Expert, Germany
Moderated by Kimani Njogu, Executive Director of T
waweza Communications.
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