ABOUT IDIA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY & DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

IDIA College of Technology and Development Studies is a private value based tertiary education institution founded on Christian principles. The primary aim of IDIA College is to foster transformative leadership and sustainable development  through  value-based education, applied research and community service. IDIA College is duly Registered as a Technical and Vocational Education and Training College in accordance with the TVET Act, 2013 under REG NO: TVETA/PRIVATE/TVC/0017/2024.

IDIA College was first established in May 2012 at Valley of Hope Centre in Siaya and was duly registered by the Ministry of Higher Education, Science & Technology (Reg. No. MOHEST /PC/1857/012) . The College has since inception produced graduates who continue to transform society in different capacities.

OUR VISION, MISSION AND ASPIRATIONS

Our Vision

Our vision is to be the leading value-based tertiary education and training institution of excellence in Kenya and the world.

Our Mission

Our mission is to foster transformative leadership and sustainable development in Kenya and the world through value- based education, applied research and community service.

Our aspirations

1. To be the most distinguished and highly respected private value based technical and vocational education and training institution of excellence in Kenya.
2. To offer cutting edge technical, vocational and education and training programs.
3. To develop and transfer technologies and intellectual property resources to improve and enrich community life.
4. To develop and nurture ethical and transformative servant leaders, workers and managers committed to fostering societal transformation and sustainable development.
5. To promote and protect academic freedom and free expression.
6. To exact standards which promote and honour excellence, openness, honesty, fair practices and integrity.
7. To become a centre of excellence and exchange in technical and vocational education and training in sustainable development through strategic partnership with the industry.
8. To develop and conduct applied research and provide consultancy services responsive to our clients and stakeholder needs.

OUR PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATION

The International Development Institute-Africa (IDIA) college is founded on Christian principles that promote generation and application of knowledge to societal transformation. IDIA’s character is demonstrated by its commitment to advancing positive knowledge, fostering positive learning and nurturing transformational leadership and sustainable development hence our motto, Pro Scientia et Mutatio (For Knowledge and Change).  We are guided by Romans 12: 2: “Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is – his good, pleasing and perfect will” (NIV).

OUR COMMITMENT

Our commitment is to educate and nurture a new generation of socially responsible, ethical and transformational leaders equipped with essential skills and attitudes to serve humanity in an increasingly integrating global environment.

OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND VALUES

• Excellence
• Integrity
• Professionalism
• Lifelong Learning
• Servant leadership
• Innovation
• Diversity
• Accountability
• Social responsibility
• Partnership

OUR EDUCATION AND TRAINING FRAMEWORK

IDIA College offers cutting edge and innovative  education and training programs in various health, development and technological fields. Our education and  training programs aim to:

• Enable learners to acquire discipline specific knowledge, competencies and transferable skills;
• Impart theoretical and practical problem-solving skills and promote principles of effective and sustainable interventions;
• Enable learners to acquire ethical and value-based management and leadership competencies;
• Enable learners to acquire and apply servant leadership attitudes and skills;
• Enable learners to acquire, generate and apply knowledge and skills to drive change and transformation in communities; and
• Contribute to improving professional, policy and service delivery systems and practices.

Competency based training approach

IDIA College adopts a competency based training approach that provides specified skills, knowledge and attitudes relevant to performance of particular tasks and duties to the standard of performance expected in the marketplace, workplace, industry or field of work/practice. Competency based training entails enabling learners to acquire relevant skills, knowledge and attitudes and their application to effective participation in an industry, field, sector or enterprise. Competency based approach aims to enable trainees acquire skills and competencies to enhance all aspects of performance including:

1. a) Performing individual tasks;
2. b) Managing a range of different tasks;
3. c) Responding to contingencies or breakdowns;
4. d) Dealing with the responsibilities of the workplace, including working with others; and
5. e) Managing change.

Training and learning approaches and methods

IDIA College training and learning approach adopts a balance between theoretical/analytical learning techniques on one hand, and practical-ethical learning on the other hand. Thus, to bridge the traditional gap between theory and practice, the programmes uniquely interweave teaching, research, service and value based learning approaches and techniques. The programmes uses adult learning principles, problem-based and student-centred approaches to teaching and learning. Broadly, the programmes adopt a four-pillar training and learning model whose main features include:

(a) Learning through Teaching (LTT);

(b) Knowledge and Evidence based learning (KEBL);

(c) Value based learning (VBL); and

(d) Learning through Service (LTS).

EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAMMES

IDIA college offers a range of TVET courses and programmes at Certificate (Level 5) and Diploma (Level 6) levels. In addition, IDIA College in collaboration with The Great Lakes University of Kisumu (GLUK) offers programs at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. The delivery of the programmes is innovative involving a combination of methods including:

• Physical
• Hybrid (physical and online modes)
• Online

The delivery is interactive including lectures, group work, case studies, problem –solving techniques and seminars. Our training programs by design aim to increase the depth of knowledge, skills, competencies and multi-disciplinary understanding of contemporary health and development problems and to positively impact individuals and society in a sustainable way.

Other Programs

Complimenting our education and training programs, IDIA offers arrange of other services including

• Research support
• Data management
• Capacity Building
• Short and Executive training and
• Consultancy and advisory services

Partnerships

In pursuit of its aim, IDIA has established a mentoring partnership with the Great Lakes University of Kisumu (GLUK) in teaching, training, research and knowledge exchange, and to offer academic programmes in health and development. In addition, IDIA has also established a partnership with Jet Out2Reach Goshen (JOG), United Kingdom to undertake collaborative research, education, training and youth mentorship programmes targeting especially young people from marginalized and disadvantaged communities.

REASONS WHY YOU MUST STUDY AT IDIA COLLEGE

• Our training offers a comprehensive balance of theory and practice.
• Our programs adopt in and out of school learning by uniquely combining class-based, institutional, community and personal education and learning techniques.
• Our programs are developed upon experiential knowledge of the African situation as lived and experienced by the Institute’s extensive network of practitioners, professionals and academicians.
• Our learning processes emphasize multi and trans-disciplinary, integrated, problem solving and ethical approaches.
• Our programs emphasize evidence and innovation as key drivers of change and transformation in Africa. Our programs centre ethical learning and service as key locomotives of building transformative leadership.
• Our programs provide learners with unique opportunities and facilities for academic exchange.
• Our fees are competitive and affordable.
• We are committed to excellence with integrity.

We care about your future beyond the classroom.