Kenya: Workshop for DB TVET Directors and JSOs concludes with a Tree Planting to commemorate late Nobel Laureate Professor Wangari Maathai

By Emmanuel Twiziyimana

On Saturday, March 4, 2023, a six-day workshop organized by Don Bosco Tech for the JSO and managers of the TVET center concluded. 

The purpose of the workshop was to establish the synergy between the JSO and the TVET center directors like key actors in realizing the TVET mission and to develop a monitoring system and an induction program for Local JSOs and accurate job descriptions, create work materials and templates for the Local JSO work, and create online materials and content guided by the Job Service Office Quality Handbook as the basis.

In his closing remarks, Br. John Njuguna thanked the participants and reminded Don Bosco TVET directors that they should help and monitor the daily work of the JSO to assess their daily performance.

He added that once the JSOs do their job well, the students will also do well.

“In this case, the school and the partners of the school will benefit a lot” Brother Njuguna said.

The Director of Don Bosco Rango TVET school, Father GATETE Innocent from Rwanda, who participated in the workshop that brought together the JSO and the Directors of TVET Schools, commended the way the workshop was organized and thanked the organizers.

He also said that what is going to follow is the implementation of what has been learned in this workshop such as the induction program, JSO Quality manual mission, Development of Online Content, Developing Stories of Change, how to identify best practices and Monitoring System.

At the workshop, Br. John Njuguna explained to the participants the importance of taking care of the environment and asked them to work together for sustainable development of social life, economy and environment.

 At the end of this workshop there was activity to plant a tree in order to protect the environment and to Commemorate the late Nobel Laureate Professor Wangari Maathai who dedicated her life to promoting environmental conservation and sustainable development in Africa. .