PC Kinyanjui Technical Training Institute

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Paramount Chief Kinyanjui Technical Institute (PCKTTI) is a collegiate public, technical institute in Nairobi Kenya. PC Kinyanjui was founded in 1979 with a total of 1,500 students. The vision of starting the school was established{{Cite web|url=http://kinyanjuitechnical.ac.ke/history.php|title = PC Kinyanjui Technical :: History}} by Jomo Kenyatta, the first president of the republic of Kenya.{{Cite web|url=http://kinyanjuitechnical.ac.ke/history.php|title=PC Kinyanjui Technical Training Institute|website=kinyanjuitechnical.ac.ke|language=en|access-date=2017-05-08}}

PC Kinyanjui was then upgraded to a technical collegiate institution in 1987 and offers a variety of courses including Engineering education, Business education, Hospitality, ICT.{{Cite web|url=http://www.zakenya.com/education/location-and-courses-offered-at-pc-kinyanjui-technical-training-institute.html|title=Location And Courses Offered At PC Kinyanjui Technical Training Institute - ZaKenya|last=maitha.manyala|website=www.zakenya.com|language=en|access-date=2017-05-08}} Mrs. Lucy M. Anampiu is currently the Chief Principal of the Institution. PC Kinyanjui Technical Training Institute is accredited by TVET (Technical and Vocational Education and Training) as a technical training Institution.{{cite web|url=https://www.tveta.go.ke/accredited-tvet-institutions/ |title=Accredited TVET Institutions }}

Academic departments and faculties

Location

The PC Kinyanjui Technical Training Institute is located on Kabiria Road in Riruta satellite Dagoretti South Constituency in the county of Nairobi. The school is about {{convert|400|m|ft|-2|abbr=on}} from Riruta satellite Police station, next to Orthodox College of Africa and approximately {{convert|8.2|km|mi|1|abbr=on}} from Nairobi's Central Business District.

History

PC kinyanjui was founded in 1979 as a technical secondary school and named Kinyanjui in honour of Kinyanjui wa Gathirimu{{citation needed|date=January 2018}}, who was chief of the area between 1893 and 1929.{{cite web|url=http://kinyanjuitechnical.ac.ke/history.php|title=PC Kinyanjui Technical Training Institute|website=kinyanjuitechnical.ac.ke}}{{Cite book|title=Kinyanjui wa Gathirimu - Oxford Reference|chapter=Kinyanjui wa Gathirimu|date=January 2011|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-538207-5|url=http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195382075.001.0001/acref-9780195382075-e-1094|language=en}}

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