Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions remain citadels of knowledge and skills development. Indeed, the hallmark of TVET is to impart practical skills and work readiness that integrates the youth into labour markets. Globalisation, climate change, and digital transformation have occasioned rapid and increasing societal changes, including the in-depth transformation of the labour markets. In Kenya enrolment in TVET is on the increase. For instance, the number of students enrolled in TVET as of 2020 was 451.2 thousand which was almost triple the 148 thousand that enrolled in 2013. However, not much is known about the role TVETs play in ensuring the inclusion of their graduates into the labour markets. In retrospect, social inclusivity innovation is the means by which new TVET goods and services can be developed for and/or by those who may feel excluded from TVET and the future of work. This study explored the role of TVET in social inclusivity innovations to inform policy and to understand how TVET contributes to the future of work. A scoping review was conducted using the Arksey and O’Malley framework to explore and systematically map the literature on social inclusion, TVET, and the future of work. A total of eight hundred relevant articles were identified through the TVET website, Google scholar database, and the general Google search engine. The articles were screened by titles, abstracts, full-text assessment, and the criteria that articles were published from 2016 to date and reflected the search terms ‘TVET and the future of work’ and ‘social inclusivity innovations.’ One hundred and twenty-three articles survived the screening and formed the final scoping sample. The study identified digital innovations, such as LinkedIn, Microsoft teams, and YouTube, as innovations that TVET can use to guarantee the future of work. These innovations improve recruitment opportunities and increase access to learning materials. Therefore, the future of TVET lies in using these ubiquitous and cheap platforms that support a substantial part of the interaction that constitutes the education to employment pathways and related progressions.
