Kenyan migrant workers in the domestic sector are set to be offered training in Homecare Management courses, the government has said.
The initiative being spearheaded by the Labor Ministry is aimed at helping them handle challenges in the new work environment in the host countries.
Edith Okoki, the director-general of the National Employment Authority (NEA) said the training course units have been adjusted to cover a total of 200 hours, including 40 hours of attachment.
The training is part of reforms geared towards promoting safe, fair, and productive labor migration from Kenya to the Gulf States.
Okoki mentioned culture shock, dressing, male-female interactions, language barriers, and lack of knowledge on how to use house appliances as some of the challenges being experienced by domestic workers.
“The Curriculum on Homecare aims at acquainting the workers to envisaged challenges in the new environment in the host country. We want to ensure that migrant workers migrate in an orderly, safe and dignified manner,” she said.
In order to ensure quality, training institutions will undertake internal assessment while the National Industrial Training Authority (NITA) will carry out external assessment and certification. A trainee must have attained the age of 18 years to be enrolled for the courses.
The curriculum is jointly developed by NEA, NITA, and the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) and aims at equipping domestic workers with knowledge and skills in homecare management.
The training will focus on five areas including Homecare, Life Skills, and Pre-departure training which are compulsory while Childcare and Homecare nursing will be optional.
“Lack of pre-departure training affects the productivity of unskilled and semi-skilled workers and often leads to absconding of duty and subsequent premature termination of employment contracts,” Okoki added.
At least 67,000 potential migrant workers were trained in the piloting phase which ended in March 2020. Over 40,000 of them have already secured employment abroad.
Huu ni mwaka wa 2020. …
Huu ni mwaka wa 2020. Wakati tulipofua nguo kwa mikono umepita!
Naomba tutumie teknolojia ya kisasa na kujenga viwanda ambavyo vinaweza kutoa ajira kwa mamilioni ya Wakenya badala ya kuwatumia kama watumwa katika majumba ya “wachache” walio na hela.
It is not the migration or…
It is not the migration or lack of skills that is the problem it is the in humane conditions they face especially in the Middle East where greedy Kenyans are profiting from sending these people to their deathbeds so that even when they die their bodies cannot be repatriated home due to lack of funds .When will the exploitation stop furthermore illiterate lazy Arabs do not see these people like human beings so whatever qualifications they may posses is a mute point all they are interested in is working these”migrants”to death since Kenya appears to have an indefinite supply of cheap labor .That training you are offering will not help them stay alive a course in self defense or how to carry and use a revolver would be more practical.
Which is better between the…
Which is better between the death trap training(for Middle East workers) being funded by the so-called govt or Ruto’s wheelbarrows to mbemba in local markets?Uhuru might have been bewitched by Raila.It seem as if Ngina&Kamau’s son was fed with some human fresh when he visted Bondo House,Karen.After criticizing Ruto for donating whellbarrows,your president met and praised the BODA BODA riders(killers) two weeks ago.Four of them riding one bike died that same night.Dugu zangu waKenya,all these elite hyenas must be ejected for Kenya to change.
Modern slavery.
Training…
Modern slavery.
Training Kenyan ladies to be used as slaves and being killed at will.
We need to be ashamed of ourselves.
The school should also teach…
The school should also teach commercial sex workers so that they can become better in their work
Ingekuwa afadhali kama hawa…
Ingekuwa afadhali kama hawa akina dada wange funzwa kazi zingine kama udereva, ujenzi,uchoraji wa pico(tatoo) na kazi zingine ila kazi za ndani. Kazi za ndani zina maafa mengi na hatari za kuwawa na hawa waarabu wakatili.