ENGINEERING STUDENTS BENEFITS FROM CONTROL TECHNIQUES SPONSORSHIP

Bruce Grobler vice president Middle East and Africa control Techniques during an interview

Control Techniques a south Africa based company has sponsored over 40 fourth year engineering students from Technical University of Kenya,The University of Nairobi, Kenyatta university and Jomo Kenyatta university of science and technology in a bid to ensure Kenyan engineers are up to the task in global market.

Speaking during a cocktail reception at a Mombasa hotel during the ongoing 30th engineers conference Bruce Grobler vice president Middle East and Africa control Techniques the training has benefited more than 200 students from 12  African countries in a partnership with public universities.

The aim of the sponsorship is to ansure Africa develops more engineers in Africa for Africa and close the gaps in skill set linking the students with job markets.The selection process of the students to sponsored is done by the dean's and professors who identify the students based on the merit, background and geographical location.