Sponsorship for Needy Females in Kenya

Sponsorship for Needy Females for Engineering Courses at Craft and Diploma in Kenya


Introduction

The National Industrial Training Authority (NITA) sponsors Twenty five (25) Kenyan female students from needy backgrounds annually to pursue engineering courses at craft and diploma levels in an effort to reduce gender disparity in technical/engineering courses as part of its Corporate Social Investment. Through this affirmative action, this program was started in 2006 and to date over 270 young Kenyan female students have benefited across the country. The Authority invites applications from Kenyan female form four leavers from Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASAL) areas who wish to pursue engineering courses at craft and diploma levels.

These marginal areas include

  • Mandera, Turka-na, Lamu, Wajir, WestPokot, Kwale, Kitui, Mwingi, Thera's, Mbere, Transmara, Makuei, Kuria and Marigat.

    The successful applicants will be sponsored for training in various Public Technical Training Institutions in the country starting May 2018.

    Training opportunities are clustered in the following disciplines

  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Agricultural Engineering
  • Electrical/Electronics
  • Automotive
  • Surveying
  • Building/civil engineering Eligibility

    Eligibility

    Diploma

  • KCSE-Minimum Mean Grade of C (Plain), with at least (C-F Plus) in physics and English

    Craft

  • KCSE-Minimum Mean Grade of D + (Plus), with at least C- (Minus) in
    Mathematics D+ (plus) in Physics and English.

    How to apply

    Only females who meet the above requirements and are from the areas stated above may apply for sponsorship by:

  • Submitting a hand written justification of not more than three hundred (300) words indicating why they deserve the training and the sponsorship.
  • Applicants must attach copies of academic certificates, testimonials and National Identity Card.
  • Applicants should select ANY TWO courses from the different clusters listed below.
  • Applicants should use the guidelines below also available on our website before 8th January 2018:

    nmew.nita.go.ke
    Director General,
    National Industrial Training Authority (NITA),
    P.O BOX 74494-00200,
    Nairobi,


    For more information and job application details, see; Sponsorship for Needy Females for Engineering Courses at Craft and Diploma in Kenya

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