Abstract:
Lower participation of women in the labor force and
/or concentration of women labor in un skilled or l
ow skilled,
low income generating economic activities including
part time and casual work has created many questio
ns
among the researcher on the kind and quality of tec
hnical and vocational skills acquired by woman. The
current
study compared technical and vocational acquired sk
ills acquired between male and female in Technical
Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutio
ns, Uasin Gishu. From the findings it has been obse
rved
that Male students had significantly and highly acq
uired interpersonal skills, Information Communicati
on
Technical (ICT) skills, Critical analysis, ability
to use numerical data and management skills than fe
male. Male
students had also acquired critical thinking skills
two times higher than that of female students. In
addition, the
study concludes that male students had acquired ski
lls in many areas than female students. On the othe
r hand
female students had acquired high significant skill
s in ability to work in a team, organizational skil
ls and
academic qualifications than male. There is need to
diversify Vocational and Technical Training and im
prove
access for and retention of girls and women in educ
ation and vocational training in such fields as sci
ence,
mathematics, engineering, environmental sciences, i
nformation technology and new technologies, as well
as
management training.
