LIBERAL STUDIES

Liberal Studies Department trains students pursuing qualifications in Social Work and Community Development at diploma and certificate levels. To join at diploma level, a trainee must have scored a minimum mean grade of C- at KCSE level and to start at certificate level, the minimum entry requirement is D plain. Trainees who have passed certificate level and would wish to pursue diploma, join at module two and take one and a half years to get the new qualification. The last group of Diploma in Counselling is exiting in November 2023. Liberal Studies Department also services all other nine departments in Communication Skills. The department prides itself in being the best performer in national exams in Kisumu National Polytechnic over the years, with an average pass rate of over 90% in the last five years. Most of our alumni work in non-governmental organizations and community based organizations where their output is outstanding. Others have diversed into government service as children officers, gender officers, disaster management officers, probation officers and military welfare officers among others. Some have progressed to do pedagogy in other institutions and are teaching social work and community development in other technical institutions. Plans are underway to gradually phase out programmes examined by Kenya National Examinations Council and instead have a more hands-on competency based education and training at level five and level six. This has been necessitated by changing dynamics in the industry and government policies.