SPONSORSHIP - NEEDY FEMALES FOR ENGINEERING COURSES AT CRAFT AND DIPLOMA LEVELS

Background
The National Industrial Training Authority (NITA) sponsors 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
programme was started in 2006 and to date 250 young Kenyan female students have benefitted 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,
Turkana, Lamu, Wajir, West Pokot, Kwale, Ijara, Tana River, Garissa, Isiolo, Marsabit, Samburu, Elgeyo -
Marakwet, Suba, Kajiado, Kilifi, Taita Taveta, Teso, Mt. Elgon, Kitui, Mwingi, Tharaka, Mbeere, Transmara,
Makueni, Kuria and Marigat. The successful applicants will be sponsored for training in various Public Technical
Training Institutions in the country starting May 2020.

Training opportunities are clustered in the following disciplines:

(i)  Mechanical Engineering

(ii) Agricultural Engineering

(iii)Electrical /Electronics.

(iv) Automotive

(v) Surveying

(vi) Building/Civil Engineering

Eligibility

Applicants should be willing to learn and possess an aptitude towards a technical career in
addition to the following minimum academic requirements:-

Diploma - KCSE – Minimum Mean Grade of C (Plain), with at least C + (Plus) in Mathematics, C
(Plain) n 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
sponsorshi by:

(i)  Submitting a hand written justification of not more than three hundred (300) words indicating
why the deserve the training and the sponsorship.

(ii) Applicants must attach copies of their Certificates, Testimonials and National Identity Card.

(iii) Applicants should select ANY TWO courses from the different clusters listed below.

(iv) Applicants should use the guidelines below [also available on our website: www.nita.go.ke

and submit the same to the Director General, National Industrial Training Authority (NITA), P.O.
Box 74494- 00200, Nairobi, so as to be received on or before 17th  January 2020.
Late applications will not be considered