{"id":112635,"date":"2025-03-28T17:03:27","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T17:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/03\/28\/mku-nursing-students-get-apprenticeships-in-germany\/"},"modified":"2025-03-28T17:03:27","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T17:03:27","slug":"mku-nursing-students-get-apprenticeships-in-germany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/mku-nursing-students-get-apprenticeships-in-germany\/","title":{"rendered":"MKU nursing students get apprenticeships in Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 28 \u2013 The third cohort of Nursing students from Mount Kenya University (MKU) have gotten apprenticeship opportunities in Germany hospitals following a partnership between the institutions and the European country.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This brings the number of Nursing students from the institution pursuing apprenticeship opportunities in Germany Hospitals to 25, after the institution sent five students in the first cohort and another eight in the second cohort.<\/p>\n<p>The University\u2019s Vice Chancellor Prof Deogratius Jaganyi said the students will depart for Germany to pursue their apprenticeship at Hochschule Koblenz University of Applied Sciences.<\/p>\n<p>The VC said the students are set to benefit from invaluable experience in the global health care, offering them with unique opportunities to gain practical skills and knowledge in diverse medical settings.<\/p>\n<p>He added that another 35 students have chosen to pursue their careers on this initiative and will soon get the opportunity in Cohort Four to pursue their apprenticeship in the European country.<\/p>\n<p>Jaganyi added that they have another programme that provides apprenticeship opportunities in Austria through collaboration with Lebenshilfe Tirol, an organization dedicated to supporting individuals with disabilities.<\/p>\n<p>A notable component of the programme is the requirement for Germany language proficiency, an initiative supported by DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) who have seconded the language\u2019s lecturers at the University to teach the language. <\/p>\n<p>The University\u2019s Chairman of the Council Dr. Vincent Gaitho underscored the need for networks to thrive in today\u2019s competitive world. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are proud of the partnerships and collaborations that enable our students to gain both academic and practical exposure, particularly in sectors that align with Kenya\u2019s Vision 2030 and the government\u2019s Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA),\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>Additionally, he said an AI-enabled German Language Training Program will be used, significantly enhancing learning efficiency by ensuring that even more students qualify for international apprenticeship programmes.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 28 \u2013 The third cohort of Nursing students from Mount Kenya University (MKU) have gotten apprenticeship opportunities in Germany hospitals following a partnership between the institutions and the European country. This brings the number of Nursing students from the institution pursuing apprenticeship opportunities in Germany Hospitals to 25, after the institution sent [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112635\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}