Conference seeks effective approach to work integrated learning
By Taigu Muchiri
Participants at the Work Integrated Learning Conference held from November 21-22 at the Library and Information Center, during a break session of the Conference’s first day. PHOTO| Antonio Longangi
United States International University-Africa (USIU), Linking Industry With Academia (LIWA), Cresco Skills Development (CRESCO) and Southern African Society for Cooperative Education (SASCE) held the Work Integrated Learning (WIL) Conference in Kenya from November 21 – 22.
The WIL conference which was supported by the Ministry of Education’s State Department of Vocational and Technical Training
(TVET) seeks to ignite the employability revolution in East Africa and provide an effective approach to implement Work Integrated Learning and in the process, improve student employability aligned to the needs of industry and East Africa's development agenda.
Speaking during the conference, the Vice Chancellor Prof. Paul
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