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Wednesday, 20 August 2025 10:48
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Our Vision Mission and Core Values Vision Statement Mission statement: Goal To increase trainee industry linkages through partnership and collaborations. Core values Motto For more information contact: The Industrial Liaison Office Tel: 020 2169229 Functions and Mandate of Industrial Liaisons Office |
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Wednesday, 20 August 2025 08:06
| The school life of a trainee is an important and full of life experience. It provides the trainee with an opportunity to develop not only academically, but also socially. TTNP has a responsibility as part of the holistic education of its graduates to prepare trainees for eventual entry into the work force or and entrepreneurship. In addition, it is also the responsibility of TTNP to educate the student about the nature of the work force and the trainee’s potential place in it, and how the course of study pursued may eventually affect his/her place in the work force. The Office of Career services provides immediate assistance one may need to maximize his or her capacity to begin a career. There is need for strategies towards seamless transition from learning to earning. The Office of Career Services (OCS) has a critical role to play in this regard. Beyond the academic qualification, one therefore must be well prepared for the workforce by ensuring they are updated on their current career, have a strong work ethic, positive attitude, be self-confident, act as a team player, have excellent communication skills, possess time management abilities, have better problem-solving skills, and generally show commitment towards the success of the organization he/she is expecting to work for (Mishra, 2014). Strategies set by the Office of Career Services to achieve this include: counseling services, student/industry linkages, apprenticeships, career fairs, recruitments, venture capitals and graduate-tracker services. We look to empower trainees to make right career choices. |
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The office strives to solve issues concerning students to the best of its ability. This is because of the importance that the office attaches to the wellbeing of the students who are the first and very important clients of the college. The office believes that a satisfied trainee is a crucial cog in the success of the institution. As part of its consultancy and advisory services, the office has established partnerships with organisations that offer an array of complementary services. One of these partners is the Higher Education Loans Board popularly known as “HELB”. This is the government body that offers loans and bursaries to needy students aimed at financing their educational pursuits. The office of the Dean of Students facilitates the process of HELB loan and bursary applications in the institution. To date therefore, hundreds of needy students in TTNP have been able to achieve their educational dreams through the support of HELB whose slogan is “Empowering Dreams”. Furthermore, trainees are also assisted to access and benefit other financial assistance courtesy of entities such as the County loans and bursary boards. The office is always eager and ready to go out of its way to ensure that the government’s policy of 100% transition in education is achieved. In the endeavor of creating peace and harmony in TTNP, the Dean’s office has been bequeathed with the extra mandate of resolving complaints. Under the Performance Contracting, the office oversees the indicator of Resolving public complaints. To this end, there are established complaints resolution mechanisms that enhance harmonious co-existence in the college. Overall, the office of the Dean of Students supports the provision of quality service to all stakeholders of the institution. In the pursuit of excellent service delivery in TTNP, the clarion call for the office is: “Service to mankind is service to God”
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The Dean of Students office is one of the top management administrative offices in National Polytechnics. It has the mandate of dealing with students’ welfare in the Polytechnic. The office ensures that the trainees’ wellbeing is taken care of so as to ensure their comfort during the period of training. At Taita Taveta National Polytechnic (TTNP), the Dean’s office offers services such as orientation of new students, consultancy, advocacy, mentorship, resolution of conflicts and complaints among others. The Dean’s office provides support to the academic departments as well as domiciling co-curricular activities in the Polytechnic. The Polytechnic activities of games and sports, clubs and societies, music and drama are coordinated by the Dean’s office. These are crucial in complimenting the trainees’ academic life with the overall goal of producing an all round and well balanced graduate. In the same breadth the Dean’s office works closely with other offices and sections of the Polytechnic such as Guidance and Counseling, Office of Career Services, Catering and Accommodation, Industrial Liaison office in ensuring that matters concerning trainees are adequately addressed. The office of the Dean offers the interface between the college administration and the trainees’ fraternity in TTNP through the establishment of the Students Governing Council. This organ that is elected annually plays a crucial role in the affairs of the students in the institution. The activities of the Students Council are also coordinated under the auspices of the Dean’s office. In its daily operations, the office of the Dean of Students practices an open door policy.
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Wednesday, 20 August 2025 08:05
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As an integral part of the Taita Taveta National Polytechnic (TTNP) community, the Guidance and Counselling Department (GCD) provides high quality guidance and counselling services that supports trainees’ and staff’s emotional, personal, social, developmental, and academic concerns. Our Vision is to be a center of excellence in providing Guidance and Counselling services for effective teaching and learning. The mission is to provide quality services of both guiding and counselling to meet the academic, psychological, physical and spiritual needs to the trainees and staff. The core function of this department is to offer the following services to the TTNP community:
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Welcome to the Guidance and Counselling Department!
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Wednesday, 20 August 2025 08:04
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The Department of performance contracting has the following mandate:
The department undertakes the following activities:
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The objectives of the performance contract are drawn from the Taita Taveta National Polytechnic(TTNP) Strategic Plan and anchored on the Kenya Vision 2030, the Medium Term Plan II (MTP II) and the Sector Performance Standards (SPS). The Department is answerable to the Principal and in conjunction with the relevant units is responsible for providing objective performance contracting for staff and Institute’s and make follow-up and monitoring mechanisms for the realization of the performance contracts, including reasons for non-achievement. In line with this, the Institute has ensured that performance targets progressively approach and/or exceed the levels set out in the MTP II and fully aligned to the institute’s budget. The Institute has used the Sector Performance Standards (SPS), as far as possible, for the purpose of benchmarking its key result areas. The performance targets are cascaded to all levels of staff through departmental performance contract and performance appraisal system. Performance Contracting Guidelines issued by the government, provide guidance in the process of implementing Performance Contracts in the Institute with an ultimate objective of ensuring that performance is measured using international best practices and that performance targets are grown to the extent of placing the country on the cutting edge of global competitiveness.
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Wednesday, 20 August 2025 08:03
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TTNP started the journey of ISO certification in 2011 by ensuring that all the requirements of ISO certification are met. TTNP was ISO 9001:2008 certified on 23rd April 2012. Currently, the Polytechnic is ISO 9001:2015 certified after successful recertification processes. The institution is meanwhile working towards being ISO 21001 certified. TTNP has benefitted immensely from ISO certification in many ways:
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Wednesday, 20 August 2025 08:02
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The history of Taita Taveta National Polytechnic dates back to 1981 when a group of ten visionary leaders from Taita raised funds to purchase a 42 Acre piece of prime land from African Tourism Development Company Limited for the purpose of starting an institute of technology. It is established in a dynamic education zone in Voi in the coastal mainland, a historic area where the oldest missionary church in Kenya was first built. It is also known to have the first airstrip built in early 1900 in Maktau and used during the second world war in the fight between German and British troops. Situated in the Semi-arid region (ASAL area), the institution has transformed through intensive beautification programme and is attractively nestled in a greeny tree compound in the neighbourhood of Tsavo East National Park. |
Taita Taveta National Polytechnic is situated in Tsavo area 2km away from Voi Town in Taita Taveta County and in proximity to nature, a quiet environment and expansive compound.
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Wednesday, 20 August 2025 08:01
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Mission
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The school life of a trainee is an important and full of life experience. It provides the trainee with an opportunity to develop not only academically, but also socially. CIT has a responsibility as part of the holistic education of its graduates to prepare trainees for eventual entry into the work force or and entrepreneurship. In addition, it is also the responsibility of CIT to educate the student about the nature of the work force and the trainee’s potential place in it, and how the course of study pursued may eventually affect his/her place in the work force. There is need for strategies towards seamless transition from learning to earning. The Office of Career Services (OCS) has a critical role to play in this regard. Strategies set by the Office of Career Services to achieve this include: counseling services, student/industry linkages, apprenticeships, career fairs, recruitments, venture capitals and graduate-tracker services. |
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The history of Taita Taveta National Polytechnic dates back to 1981 when a group of ten visionary leaders from Taita raised funds to purchase a 42 Acre piece of prime land from African Tourism Development Company Limited for the purpose of starting an institute of technology. It is established in a dynamic education zone in Voi in the coastal mainland, a historic area where the oldest missionary church in Kenya was first built. It is also known to have the first airstrip built in early 1900 in Maktau and used during the second world war in the fight between German and British troops. Situated in the Semi-arid region (ASAL area), the institution has transformed through intensive beautification programme and is attractively nestled in a greeny tree compound in the neighbourhood of Tsavo East National Park. |
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Saturday, 09 April 2022 13:49
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Show Fondo Kalama Trainers in TTNP are employed by Public Service Commission through the Ministry of Education State Department of Vocational and Technical Training and licensed by TVETA as required by the TVET Act 2013. The Polytechnic has over 140 (both permanent and part-time) competent trainers who deliver quality and effective training. These trainers are continuously undergoing capacity internally, through KATTI training workshops and other professional forums. Others are sponsored to further their education by GOK-AfDB program for relevant skill upgrading and also through KTTC for pedagogical trainings. The managements skills are provided through KSG and KEMI. The expansion and reforms witnessed in technical and vocational training has been necessitated by Kenya’s objective of industrialization as contained in the Vision 2030 and the MDGs. For these to be realized, it is imperative to develop and effectively utilize the country’s human, physical and financial resources. The Kenya Vision 2030 blue print recognizes human resource development as key to rapid development. Highly trained and flexible human resource that has the relevant knowledge and skills requires sustained and continuous Training and training of content developed and implemented in close consultation with industry. The Polytechnic has established and manage income generating projects to supplement its main source. We engage in Corporate Social Responsibility programs and offer a number of courses that benefit the community. The Polytechnic has also established a food factory that produce food products to the local community while at the same time offer the much-needed hands on experience to some of the hospitality trainees (Baking and confectionery). A driving school is ready to have its first intake at class C and class B by March 2022 as licensing procedures are complete and training already on site. TTNP has established Women in Technical Education (WITED) in championing the rights of the girl child and enhancing equal access to training opportunities. WITED champions organize celebration for the International Day for the girl child that attracts participants from all levels of education in the County and also carry out marketing of courses to improve girl child enrolment in male dominated courses. TTNP has three campuses; town campus situated in the central business district of Voi Town, Kasghau Campus at Kiteghe-Kasgau and the main campus at Sophia, Voi. The main campus is situated in the rich tourism region of Tsavo National Park with proximity to the various hotels, iron ore and gemstone mining zones and Camps. These make TTNP an ideal campus for the type of training that it offers. The Main campus offers both residential and off Campus training. The Polytechnic has well equipped library, E-library, training restaurants, a tourist class hotel which is intended to serve both as a training facility and as an incubation facility serving other clients in search of quality and affordable hospitality services. TTNP has also embarked on renovations and improvement of the general infrastructural facilities to make a conducive and attractive training environment for healthy trainees and staff. TTNP has fairly equipped workshops for all the areas of training and planning to expand them to cater for the growing population of trainees. TTNP is the largest, oldest and best equipped Technical and Vocational College in Taita Taveta County and has mentored seven other TVCs in the county and beyond. The Polytechnic is actively involved in research and doing incubation of entrepreneurs from trainee through the Colleges and Institutes Canada-SITVES project, also identified as centre for driving by NTSA, an application already under consideration.
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Taita Taveta National Polytechnic is situated at Tsavo area 2km away from Voi Town, Sophia area after Tavevo Water Company offices, Voi in Taita Taveta County. The Taita Taveta National Polytechnic was established in 1981 by the government to provide business and technical skills for school leavers. The Polytechnic is situated in Taita Taveta County, Voi town, just about 150km north of Mombasa and 350 km from the city of Nairobi. TTNP is built on a 42 acres land and is registered by the TVETA as per the TVET Act 2013. TTNP implements TVET-CDACC, KNEC, KASNEB, NITA, and ICDL curricular as developed and examined by TVET-CDACC, KNEC, KASNEB, NITA, ICDL, respectively.
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