Macmillan Medical Training College Launches Afya Bora Scholarship and Women in Tech Program
NAIROBI, Kenya, May 8 – Kenya today faces serious challenges with thousands of young people graduate every year into unemployment and hopelessness, Families are struggling economically, At the same time, the world is rapidly changing through technology, digital innovation, artificial intelligence and global competition for skilled labor.
Macmillan Medical Training College leadership while speaking at a press briefing noted that it has made a deliberate decision to become not just an educational institution, but a solution-oriented institution.
The Afya Bora Scholarship Program launch a transformative initiative aimed at empowering the next generation of healthcare professionals through full and partial sponsorship opportunities for deserving students pursuing accredited medical and healthcare training.
The Women in Tech Empowerment Program, a fully sponsored initiative forwomen aged 18–40 years in partnership with NIA Innovation and Technology Training College aimed at bridging the digital divide and increasing womenparticipation in technology, innovation and the future economy.
“These initiatives are designed to give young Kenyans access to opportunities that many thought were beyond their reach. We believe that talent should never be buried because of poverty. We believe that a student from Kibera, Turkana, Mathare, Kisii, Migori, Garissa, or any part of this country deserves the same opportunity to succeed”.
The initiatives are fully aligned with the Kenya Kwanza Administration’s Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda and are implemented within the framework of accredited TVET education under TVETA and CDACC standards.
This ensures that our students receive quality, competency-based, practical, and nationally recognized training that responds directly to Kenya’s workforce need.
Additionally, Macmillan Medical Training College noted that its committed to producing graduates who are not only qualified academically, but who are employable, competent, compassionate, innovative and globally competitive.
As the government continues to push for Universal Health Coverage, we must remember that healthcare systems cannot function without trained healthcare personnel.
Hospitals cannot function without healthcare assistants, caregivers, community health workers, emergency responders, digital health support staff, and other medical professionals.
Private medical colleges like Macmillan are helping this country train the healthcare workforce that Kenya urgently needs.
“We are complementing government efforts. And yet, despite this contribution, thousands of students in private institutions continue toface major barriers in accessing educational financing and support”.
“We wish to urge the Government of Kenya to rethink this matter. Children belong to Kenya, Dreams belong to Kenya Talent belongs to Kenya Kenya should be the land of limitless opportunities where the grounds for realizing potentialsare fertile”.
A student studying in an accredited private college is still a Kenyan child deserving support, opportunity, and dignity. We therefore call upon the government to consider expanding HELB and other educationalfunding opportunities to deserving students in accredited private colleges and TVET institutions.
It is not merely an institutional issue but a national issue, if the country is serious about reducing unemployment, strengthening healthcare systems, fighting poverty, and empowering youth, then support must be based on need and potential not simply whether one studies in a public or private institution.
“We are also extremely proud of the Women in Tech Empowerment Program we are launching today. Globally, technology is shaping economies, industries, healthcare, education andcommunication”.
Women continue to be underrepresented in technology and innovation spaces. We cannot speak about digital transformation while excluding half the population from thedigital economy.
Further, The fully sponsored Women in Tech Empowerment Program is so important. We want women from ordinary Kenyan families to access opportunities in programming, innovation, digital entrepreneurship and emerging technologies.
“We want them to compete globally. We want them to participate in the future economy with confidence and dignity”.
These initiatives also align with global development priorities under the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, including: Quality Education; Gender Equality; Decent Work and Economic Growth; Innovation and Infrastructure; and Good Health and Well-being.
“At Macmillan Medical Training College, we believe Kenya does not lack talent. What many young people lack is opportunity and institutions like ours must become bridges between talent and opportunity”.
