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About the “Skills and Enterprise development” Project

The project offers scholarships for vulnerable youth in short technical courses in Building & Construction. This will be achieved through practical oriented vocational training, life skills, work readiness training and enterprise development skills necessary to drive employment and wealth creation in the construction and agriculture sectors.

The scholarship will run between 3 to 6 months in the institutions indicated below of this application form. The certification level will be NITA grade 3.

Construction sector: Each training intake for the construction sector is expected to run for 6 months and will consist of 3 months classroom training with practical exercises and 3 months industrial attachment with construction projects. Youth will be funneled into employment once they complete their attachment; and youth interested to establish their own micro-enterprises or scale up existing ones will be supported in business development services

To qualify for the skills and enterprise development project scholarships, all applicants must fulfill the criteria below:

1. Applicant should be a Kenyan youth
2. Be 18-35 years old
3. Have a National ID
4. Have at least Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) or above.
5. Commit to attend all training sessions in a technical training institution in their county of residence.
6. Must fulfill the criteria and be within one of the three categories (Business Owner, Apprentice or Skiller)
7. Must be willing to take up a National Industrial Training Authority (NITA) grade test certification.