A Comparison of Technical and Vocational Acquired Skills Differences Based on Gender in Tvet Institutions, Uasin Gi shu County, Kenya

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.