Effect of Credit Transfer on Performance of Selected Technical Vocational and Training Education Institutions in Nairobi County, Kenya
Abstract
Technical Vocational and Training Education Institutions (TVETs) are partnering with universities to enhance performance, remain sustainable and enhance competitiveness. The partnership is geared towards sharing of infrastructure, branding of the TVET institutions, enhancing the quality of the programmes and credit transfer on TVET graduates by universities. Despite the new development in the partnership, only a few local scholars have focused their research on partnership practices between TVET institutions and universities. The study investigated the effect of credit transfers on the performance of TVET institutions in Nairobi County. The study design was descriptive research design. The target population comprised of eight TVET institutions that have active strategic partnerships with universities: Highlands College, Institute of Advanced Training (IAT), Regional College, EASA, Kenya Institute of Professional Studies (KIPS), Kenya School of Monetary Studies (KEMS), Kenya College of Insurance and Kenya School of Revenue Administration (KESRA) (TVETA). The sample size consisted of a list of 145 respondents. The study used self-administered questionnaires. Data analysis was through descriptive and inferential statistics. The findings were that there exists significant positive relationship between credit transfer and performance of TVET institutions. The study concluded that there exists significance effect of credit transfer on performance of TVET institutions in Nairobi County. The study recommended was that to enhance performance, TVET institutions should get into partnerships with other institutions of higher learning with clear roadmaps on credit transfer policies.
Keywords: Credit Transfer, Performance of TVET Graduates.
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