Diploma in Animal Health and Production at Animal Health & Industry Training Institute - Nyahururu
This Animal Health and Production course offered at Animal Health & Industry Training Institute - Nyahururu, is a 2 years Diploma program accredited by CDACC.
Diploma holders in Animal Health and Production are important in the animal resource industry as they form a link between the front line personnel and managers in the provision of animal health and production services. This diploma course is therefore designed to provide human resources in animal health and production in order to develop the animal resource industry in Kenya.In Kenya, livestock production accounts for 50% of the total agricultural Gross Domestic Product (GDP) with approximately 4 million people depending... ...read more
Entry requirement
- Holders of a Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) with an aggregate of at least C and a grade of at least C in Biology or Biological sciences, C- in Chemistry or Physical sciences and at least C- in Mathematics or Agriculture.
- Holders of Kenya Certificate of Education (KCE) / East Africa Certificate of Education (EACE) Division II with at least a credit pass Biology or Biological Sciences, Chemistry or Physical Sciences and Mathematics or Agriculture.
- Holders of an “A” level certificate with a minimum of one principal pass in Biology and at least a subsidiary pass in Chemistry.
- Holders of a minimum credit certificate in Animal Health and Production/Animal Health and Range Management/Range Management/Agriculture/Wildlife Health/Dairy Technology or equivalent with at least an aggregate of C- at KCSE or division III or its equivalent at KCE from institutions recognized by the Kenya Veterinary Board (KVB).
- Holders of a diploma in a biomedical discipline recognized by the KVB.
- Any other qualification equivalent to the above from an institution recognized by KVB.
About Animal Health & Industry Training Institute - Nyahururu
Animal Health Industry Training Institute (AHITI) Nyahururu was started on the land currently occupied by Laikipia University in 1979. The Institute took over from the phased out Large Scale Farm Managers Training College.The Government of Kenya acknowledged the great need for frontline personnel in the Livestock Sub-sector while the demand for managers of large scale farms was diminishing due to... ...read more
