Rift Valley Technical Training Institute
Rift Valley Technical Training Institute

Former names	Rift Valley Technical and Trade High School
Motto	Technology and Innovation
Type	Public
Established	1962
Affiliation	TVET
Chairman	Prof. David Some
Principal	Mrs. Loice Yator
Academic staff	214
Administrative staff	17
Students	6300
Location	Eldoret , Uasin Gishu County , Kenya 0°30′18″N 35°18′17″E / 0.504873°N 35.304781°E / 0.504873; 35.304781
Campus	Urban
Language	English, Swahili
Colors	Gold, Blue and White
Nickname	RVTI, Techie
Website	rvti.ac.ke

Rift Valley Technical Training institute (RVTTI) is a public technical training institute located in the highland city of Eldoret, Kenya. It is one of the Technical Training Institutes in Kenya.^[1] The institution offers Artisan, Craft, Diploma and Higher Diploma Courses with bias to practical industrial applications.^[2]

History

The institution started in 1962 as a technical and trade school. In 1979, it was given high school status and began A- level courses in mathematics, physics and chemistry. In 1986, the school was elevated further to become the regions first technical training institute.^[3] The Institution has continuously grown and in recognition to this sustained prosperity, it was nominated in 2013 to be an East African Community Center of Excellence in TVET^[4] In 2016, the institution became a UNESCO-UNEVOC network centre, the only TVET institution to have such recognition in East and Central Africa^[5] RVTTI was chosen among the pilot institutions for the Competency-based education and training programme(CBET) and had the first cohort join three programmes in January 2019^[6]

Research

Since 2012 RVTTI annually holds an International conference^[7]^[8] with themes surrounding Technical and Vocational Education. It also publishes two journals namely;Kenya Journal of Technical and Vocational Education and Training(KJ-TVET) and Africa Journal of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (AfriTVET).^[9]

Departments

Rift Valley Technical Training institute(RVTTI), has 8 Admitting departments.^[10] These are

Mechanical Engineering Department
Building and Civil Engineering Department
Business and Liberal Studies Department
Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department
Hospitality and Institutional Management Department
Information Communication Technology Department
Health and Applied Sciences Department
Department of Agriculture

Directorates

Industrial Attachment and Liaison Center
ICT Infrastructure
Performance Contracting
Quality and Information Security Management
Examination Department
Research Innovation and Development
e-Learning and External linkages

Facilities

The institution has numerous facilities catering for the various technical programs being offered. These include a Sizable State of art Library Complex with a seating capacity of 700, an E-library with seating capacity of 60, Three Conference Halls, Three Restaurants, Several Labs for Bio Chemical Practicals, ICT, Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Building and Civil engineering, and several lecture rooms some equipped with Smart Boards. The institution also has two smart classrooms which offer advanced engineering exposure in the fields of Mechatronics and Renewable energy. The smart classrooms where equipped by Devotra with funding from the ministry of education.

The institution also has facilities for sports including a standard sized football pitch, a basketball Court, a volleyball pitch, a rugby pitch, and a netball pitch.