Eldoret Polytechnic History Overview

The Eldoret Polytechnic History. Detailed background, Eldoret Polytechnic History

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The Eldoret National Polytechnic has recorded tremendous growth in development of middle level training as an institution since inception. It has continually fulfilled its mandate in training young people to acquire skills and technical knowledge that are in line with the industrial growth of our country. The rural-urban setting of the Polytechnic has enabled students to study from their homes and thus reduce cost whereas the private hostels around the institution have provided affordable accommodation for our students. The Polytechnic has a unique symbolic relationship with the surrounding community, which has been supportive. The good discipline among students coupled with teamwork between teaching and non-teaching staff has ensured harmony, and synergy in the Polytechnic learning environment. The teaching as well as well as non-teaching staff are qualified in their own area of professional expertise, which has put the institution ahead of many others in ensuring the Polytechnic meets its core mandate Our recommendable growth owes to several factors that favour our location. Chief among these are our unique geographical location in the western region that has a number of industries that provide a huge job market for our graduates.

These include sugar industries like Mumias, Nzoia and Chemelil and other industries include Coca Cola, Kenya Seeds ltd etc. Our Health Science department offering Pharmaceutical and Medical Laboratory Technology has the nearby Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital and other public health facilities as the destination for hundreds of our graduates. In Building and Civil Engineering department companies such as DITTMAN Construction Company, HARMO Construction Company, BOWEN Building Contractors, County Governments within Kenyan towns, Ministry of Roads and Public Works, Lake Victoria North Water Services Board, Kenya Power Company, KENGEN and ARM Cement Ltd just to mention but a few has continuously partnered with these firms to equip our trainees with the current trends in the construction industry. These companies later absorbed our students after completion of their studies. We pride of achieving above 85% placement of all our graduates every year both nationally and internationally. The newly inaugurated Governing Council has also been supportive in ensuring excellence in execution of institution’s programmes and being an important link with the GOK through the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, which has been supportive in our growth. There are also the development partners and particularly the European Union, Africa Development Bank (ADB). Others include Kenya Pipeline, National Bank, KASNEB, Kenya National Examination Council, Associate of Business Executives (ABE),mnb, hence making us very competitive middle level institution in the North Rift and Western region. To be in tandem with the global era of digitalization.