The Impact of a Massive Shift in TVET Demand
The last 10 years has had a massive impact on the demand for the skills and numbers of TVET graduates in developed economies. The final triumph of computerization in every … Read more
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TVET and the Growing Global Mobility of Labour
Has TVET a role in this growing labour migration across international borders? What can a Government, especially the agency responsible for TVET, do to facilitate this global mobility of the … Read more
How Do We Reach More of those Who Have Been Out of Education the Longest?
Out of Education the Longest. There are several groups in this category. One group are those who left school in the lower elementary grades, many to help out the family … Read more
Freedom to Act in TVET Organizations
Why is Freedom to Act Necessary in TVET Organisations? When implementors share in the decision-making, most likely, the decisions have stronger buy-in. When members of an organization buy into the … Read more
Hands-On Approach to TVET Teaching
TVET graduates must be able to perform hands on actions. Knowing about things is interesting. Knowing how to do things is the only way to get an entry level job. … Read more
Change in TVET is Not just Coming, It’s Here
What if we massively expanded manufacturing in western European nations and no new jobs resulted? What if we repatriated industries from less developed countries and employment shrank there with no … Read more
Employability Skills for TVET Graduates
Business and industry representatives in both developed and developing countries have expressed considerable dissatisfaction with the general level of preparedness of prospective entry-level employees. Employers usually find that they have: … Read more
Skills Bridging in TVET: The Cambodia Experience
What do you do in a small country which after thirty years of war and massive rural poverty, has well over a million out of school youth with no skills … Read more
Levy System in TVET funding
While there is a range of alternative funding mechanisms for TVET, the most common is a levy-grant model. The OECD, in preparation for the Southeast Asia Regional Policy Network on … Read more
Why TVET Institutions Must Catch Up Quickly on Digital Learning
The appetite for online learning has increased exponentially, especially with the recent pandemic. It looks as if many private learning businesses offer the fastest responses, and public institutions lag and … Read more