(A 2.0 COURSE MANAGEMENT
KENYA 2.1 Courses Conducted at the Training School
rya. The first instructions of the Survey of Kenya training
school was mainly basic courses in Land Survey. In later
Mandera: years advanced courses were introduced together with
rn courses in Cartography, Photolithography,
Lodwar, Moyale Photogrammetry and Survey Records.
M abusi The courses were designed to
j- (a) Improve the individual efficiency of officers,
di
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& Settlement Kisumu (b) Prepare the candidates to sit for trade tests
and Kenyan MTS " Nakura rm (popularly referred to as occupational tests)
g Institution
s and Map 4 * Nairobi | In principle the trade tests were primarily meant to
-artography, i examine technicians who had trained on the job and the
mu - - e . . *
AC main purposes for administering the examination was
tment of the RN
yractical and 1 J i. to offer an avenue for the candidates to rise
riods of the toast dm to the professional level.
ntinent with T
il. to upgrade the staff who successfully
middle-level t completed any of the tests.
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2.2 Transfer of Training Programme to the Kenya
FD Ruirn t Polytechnic.
In 1970, the Kenya Polytechnic started the Ordinary
Diploma programme in Land Surveying and
Cartography. Recognising the need for further
expansion of the Survey activities outside the urban
centres and settlement areas the Survey Department
suspended its internal training and switched over to
sponsoring, students to the Kenya Polytechnic to pursue
Diploma courses. Suddenly the need for in-service
training did not rate highly and it was anticipated that
the graduates from the polytechnic would satisfy the
AM needs of the Survey department. As a result the existing
a classrooms of the school were converted into office space
A= te Railway for cartographic work.
Ngong N
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—— Boundary
Soon after, the Department did not only realise the
importance of running the in-service training for
upgrading unskilled personnel but had also to keep up
with insufficient supply of the Diploma pre-service
In 1954 the school enrolled the first 24 African trainees from the Polytechnic. For instance the
technician Surveyors. The training in cartography, Department was authorised to recruit and train +40
Photogrammetry, Photolithography and Survey Record Survey Assistant but only 24 places were reserved. As
immediately followed. the years went by the annual supply of Surveyors could
not cope with the rising demand. The Polytechnic had
been training for the Survey Department the following
number of trainees on an annual basis.
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