Register and get licensed as a TVET trainer with TVETA
Technical and Vocational Education and Training Authority · sources read 2 Oct 2026
Apply on the TVET MIS portal (mis.tveta.go.ke), upload certified copies of your certificates, pedagogy training and DCI good conduct certificate, then pay KES 1,000 through eCitizen. The licence lasts 3 years and a complete application takes about three weeks.
- Fee
- KSh 1,000First-time applicationKSh 500Renewal after the 3-year licence expiresKSh 1,000Upgrade after a higher qualification
- How long
- About three weeks for a complete application
- Where
- Online on the TVET MIS portal (mis.tveta.go.ke), paying through eCitizen
What you need
- Certified copies of your academic and professional certificates
- Your academic transcripts
- Proof of pedagogy training
- Certificate of Good Conduct from the DCI
- For renewal only: evidence of continuous professional development (CPD)
Steps
- Sign up on TVET MIS (mis.tveta.go.ke) with the same email you use on eCitizen.
- Fill in the trainer application and upload certified copies of your documents.
- Click pay and complete the payment on eCitizen, then submit.
- When you are approved you get an email, and you download your licence from your TVET MIS account.
Watch out
- Without pedagogy training your application will be rejected, even with a good technical qualification.
- The licence lasts 3 years. Renew it after that, with proof of CPD.
- If your MIS and eCitizen emails differ, login fails with 'invalid user credential'. Email ict@tveta.go.ke to fix it.
Who can apply
- You need at least a Craft Certificate from an approved awarding body (KNEC, CDACC, national polytechnics, KASNEB, NITA or an accredited university).
- You also need pedagogy training, such as a B.Ed, a PGDE or a Diploma in Technical Education from the Kenya School of TVET.
Official sources (3)
- Trainer application process tveta.go.ke · read 2 Oct 2026
- FAQs tveta.go.ke · read 2 Oct 2026
- TVET MIS portal mis.tveta.go.ke · read 2 Oct 2026