6.2 Graduation trends in MET institutions in Africa - Bandari Maritime Academy (Kenya), Durban University of Technology (South Africa), Regional Maritime Academy (Ghana) have not experienced a proportional rise, highlighting a significant gap in retention and a strong increase in student enrolment, recorded a graduation rate of only 55 percent of its enrolled students over the last ten years, suggesting that a substantial portion of expected timeframe. Similarly,the graduation rates at the Durban University of Technology remained low, with only 22 percent ofits enrolled students graduating annually, despite higher or consistent enrolment growth. The Regional Maritime University, on the other hand, showed the highest graduation rate of around 83 percent, but this stil falls short when compared to the rising number of