To impact our trainees with knowledge and skills through competency-based skilling in the agriculture to fit the current trends and technologies in the agriculture industry. The department is geared towards graduating trainees with hands on skills through exposure to practical training sessions in all areas of their required competencies. The department ensures that our training curricula remain relevant to the current job market needs by having intensive curriculum reviews which are done in collaboration with industry stake holders. This ensure our trainees are impacted with the required agriculture industry skills, competencies, knowledge and attitudes that will help our trainees transition easily into the job market world wide.
Catering and accommodation services are offered under the management of a cateress. The Polytechnic runs a ‘Pay As You Eat system’ (PAYE) for the catering services with the menu prepared by the cateress in consultation with the Dean of Students. Accommodation facilities are provided on first come first served basis save for trainees with special needs. Orphans, sponsored trainees and those from marginalized areas are also considered. With the growing population, the Management leased a premises, with a capacity of four hundred, at Skuta estate in Nyeri town in the month of August 2024 and it began operating in September the same year.
The Polytechnic has ten registered and active clubs namely; Presidents award, Wildlife, Tourism, Scouts, Peer Counselors, Red Cross, Creative arts, Care, Go Green Movement St. Johns Ambulance and Rotaract. These clubs contribute to holistic education, helping trainees develop academically, socially, and emotionally. There are four registered religious societies: Catholic Action (CA), Christian Union (CU), Muslim and Seventh Day Adventists (SDA), each with elected officials, a patron and an assistant patron. The societies are expected to prepare a schedule of activities at the beginning of every semester and present it to the Dean’s office for coordination.
The Polytechnic has a Students’ Welfare Association (SWANNP) governed by fifteen elected members: the President, Deputy President, Secretary General, Finance Minister, Academic affairs minister, Sports ministers (Male and Female), Hostels ministers (Male and Female), Gender and Social affairs ministers (Male and Female), Environment minister, Special needs ministers (Male and Female) and the Devout Societies minister. Elections for these positions are conducted by the IEBC every year in the month of May. These roles offer trainees the chance to manage teams and hone their leadership skills.
The Polytechnic has a dispensary with a bed capacity of eight and is managed by two full time nursing officers, a male and a female. It is well stocked with basic medical drugs and open to referrals to the nearby Mt. Kenya level 4 and Nyeri County level 5 hospitals.
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