Covering topics such as: managing TVET institutions (high schools, colleges, polytechnics etc.), marketing TVET education, collaboration with industry etc.
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
Most TVET educators and agencies have been complaining for years that TVET is often the last resort in education for many students. A number of them would rather wait out another year if they don’t pass the examination for universities than attend TVET institutions. The societal image of TVET is terrible. Meanwhile, the universities are full … Read more
Have you taken career planning seriously in your institution? Or in your own personal life? I wish I had. Maybe, I would have followed a different career path or at least felt like there were options. I am not unhappy with my success but I have interests I would have pursued had I known more … Read more
Building linkages between the TVET system and Industry varies greatly from country to country. Much of the failure in building these linkages in emerging economies has come from attempts to import a system from another country at a different stage of development or with different historic relationships between government and industry. 1. In some countries, … Read more
In some economies, Technical school managers and teachers are drawn from Industry and Business and have many continuing personal and professional links with the private sector. LinkedIn shows these networks. But advise to TVET systems in emerging economies that are built on these easy links in countries with a long history of education/industry linkages are … Read more
The Current State of TVET Relationship with Industry In most emerging economies, educators and Industry operate in different worlds and often have little contact with each other. Frequently, their social networks and association linkages have no overlap. Surveys often show a complete lack of understanding or respect for the interests and commitments of the other … Read more
The traditional educational community does not easily accept the marketing of an educational service or product. As Government servants and educators, the concept of marketing is foreign and the notion of education as a product is often offensive, conjuring images of carpet salesmen. On the other hand, the private sector has approached education as any … Read more