About Us

1.0 Background

Okame Technical and Vocational College is a newly established public institution located in Busia County. The College Registration number is Tveta/Public/RC/056/2017. The (5) five acre college land registration No. South Teso /Chakol /818 was purchased by NG-CDF Teso South constituency.  The college is a Centre of Excellence in Mechatronics Engineering. The college has one storey building that was constructed by the Government of Kenya. The college has a 3-phase power line which remains almost nonfunctional due to regular power black outs.

2.0 Courses offered

S/NO	COURSE	LEVEL	TVETA/CBET
	ICT	Diploma	TVETA
	ICT	Craft	TVETA
	Mechatronics	Level 5	CBET
	Mechatronics	Level 6	CBET
	Electrical and Electronics	Level 3	CBET
	Electrical and Electronics	Diploma	TVETA
	Electrical and Electronics	Craft	TVETA
	Secretarial Studies	Diploma	TVETA
	Secretarial Studies	Craft	TVETA
	Business Management	Diploma	TVETA
	Business Management	Craft	TVETA
	Supply Chain Management	Diploma	TVETA
	Supply Chain Management	Craft	TVETA
	Hair dressing and Beauty Therapy	Craft	TVETA
	Hair Dressing and Beauty therapy	Artisan	TVETA
	General Agriculture	Diploma	TVETA
	General Agriculture	Craft	TVETA
	Plumbing	Craft	TVETA
	Plumbing	Artisan	TVETA
	Welding and Fabrication	Craft	TVETA
	Building and Technology	Craft	TVETA
	Food and Beverage	Craft	TVETA

3.0 Enrollment

The enrollment of students as at 13th March 2020 is 426 students as shown below per gender per course.

S/NO	COURSE	LEVEL	MALE	FEMALE	TOTAL
	ICT	Diploma	9	4	13
	ICT	Craft	15	9	24
	Mechatronics	Level 5	3	3	6
	Mechatronics	Level 6	14	6	20
	Electrical and Electronics	Level 3	28	2	30
	Electrical and Electronics	Diploma	5	1	6
	Electrical and Electronics	Craft	44	1	45
	Secretarial Studies	Diploma	0	12	12
	Secretarial Studies	Craft	0	45	45
	Business Management	Diploma	3	2	2
	Business Management	Craft	1	0	1
	Supply Chain Management	Diploma	1	4	5
	Supply Chain Management	Craft	3	6	9
	Hair dressing and Beauty Therapy	Craft	0	33	33
	Hair Dressing and Beauty therapy	Artisan	1	41	42
	General Agriculture	Diploma	1	0	1
	General Agriculture	Craft	6	2	8
	Plumbing	Craft	29	4	33
	plumbing	Artisan	36	5	41
	Welding and Fabrication	Craft	4	0	4
	Building masonry	Craft	11	0	11
	Building and Technician	Diploma	6	1	7
	Food and Beverage	Craft	3	24	27
	Accounting Technician	Diploma	0	1	1
	TOTAL		232	194	426

4.0 Staffing

The college staff population is 42. There are 32 trainers and 10 support staff. Of the 32 trainers, 19 are PSC and 13 are on BOG terms.

5.0 Performance Contracting

Okame TVC is engaged for the second time on PC. The college has a negotiated and vetted PC for the FY 2020/2021 awaiting signing with the CS Education.

6.0 BOG

The College has a board of governors which was inaugurated on 4/02/2019 at Bumbe TTI by the PS, Dr. Kevit Desai. The Board meets four times a year (quarterly).

7.0 CDF projects

The NG-CDF Teso South has implemented two projects for the College. These are:

1. Construction of six door pit latrines
2. College Bus