Covering topics such as: managing TVET institutions (high schools, colleges, polytechnics etc.), marketing TVET education, collaboration with industry etc.
You wish your parents are so connected they could get you a job in a jiffy. Yes, many graduates sit at home hoping their parents will get them the job. In today’s world, it is not easy. You are competing with many others to get the job. Unless you stand out, employers will not even … Read more
“Inventor Sir James Dyson is to open his own institute to train engineers, who he says are badly needed if UK companies are to remain competitive.” Dyson is not the only one complaining. Many other industry leaders in different countries have said exactly the same thing. In the Philippines, business tycoon Gokongwei has long ago … Read more
Stop looking in the rearview mirror. Leave the past to archaeologists and anthropologists. Lead Change. Drive change. Help people adapt to change. Be the change you want them to become. Mahatma Gandhi Push yourself to try the unfamiliar. Do the things you are not quite prepared to do. Add value through innovation. Look at things with new … Read more
Microsoft starts a new global skills initiative to bring to 25 million people worldwide by the end of the year. The action will bring more digital skills to those primarily affected by job loss during the COVID pandemic. This pandemic brought the need for digital skills sharply and made so many individuals and companies leapfrog … Read more
Industry expects TVET graduates to have both a theoretical knowledge of the technology they are studying and job skills to apply their learning in the workplace. As few teachers have any industrial, hands-on skills, most students can meet only half of the requirement when they graduate. To overcome this deficit, in-industry, on-the-job, work release, dual … Read more
We have fixed traditions in education. The needs of the next level up are set by the professors who teach that level. It really makes sense for a system focused on the cultural development of 19th century English gentlemen but it has almost nothing to do with getting kids ready for employment. As an example, … Read more
Public sector institutions rarely have marketing plans. As they are essentially supply driven, they do not feel the need to respond to the market for their goods and services in the same way as private sector organizations. However, as public (government) institutions are pressured to secure funding beyond government grants, their desire to understand their … Read more
Parents of school age children usually hate TVET, unless they are German, Swiss or Austrian. In those countries, high level skills have high level status but for the rest of the world they’re seen as a broken dream by parents who want lawyers, engineers, doctors and space pilots. So, how do you attract students and … Read more
International experience suggests that changing employer attitude is a long-term activity. Nevertheless, ensuring that the primary market has a positive feeling about Training institutions is absolutely essential if public TVET is to become a significant influence in industry development. Marketing in TVET is built on the premise that institutions will identify the clients they wish … Read more
Underfunded academic education often suffers diminished standards. Underfunded technical and vocational education usually doesn’t work at all! Waiting for Government to find all the resources needed has little point or hope. Cost recovery in TVET is not an optional activity. Rather it is a precondition for survival as an effective part of economic growth. Basically most … Read more