VISION

“A dynamic multi-skilled youth adding value to self and society”.

MISSION

 “To empower the youth with appropriate and adequate skills, knowledge and attitudes to realize full potential for individual and national development”.

MANDATE

The department’s mandate includes the following:

1. To revitalize the existing YPs in order to increase youth access to quality training.
2. To provide appropriate vocational and technical training for the youth.
3. To enhance youth training through alternative learning systems such as open, distant, sandwich, mobile, evening and e-learning.
4. To improve quality of youth training programs by continuously reviewing and revising curriculum to meet the changing needs of the individual and society.
5. To participate in the formulation, implementation and review of national youth policy.
6. To initiate and strengthen partnership with Development Partners and other Stakeholders in order to support youth training programs.
7. To upgrade YPs to centers that offer alternative paths of acquiring mainstream education.
8. To popularize the YPs through community capacity building and mobilization as alternative centres of learning.
9. To enhance capacity building for staff in the Department of Youth Training and in YPs.
10. To refurbish and upgrade infrastructure in YPs countrywide.
11. To establish Youth Learning Resource Centres countrywide.
12. To empower the youth with ICT, entrepreneurial and leadership skills.
13. To promote good governance in YPs in liaison with Stakeholders.
14. To upgrade at least one YP in each constituency to a model YP.