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Covering various topics realted to national TVET systems such as: TVET policy, TVET funding, TVET frameworks, TVET reform, TVET for sustainable development.

Have we Made TVET too Complicated?

2021-02-092015-12-03 by Tom & Mary Norton

After spending millions on NQF and Standards and all the “stuff” to have homogenized TVET, is there any evidence at all that employers are the slightest bit happier with our … Read more

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Expanded TVET Training Increases Employment

2021-02-092015-09-29 by Tom & Mary Norton

In TVET policy, there is often an assumption that expanded TVET training results in increased employment. However, if enterprise is not expanding, new jobs are not created.  Equally, if enterprise … Read more

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A More Effective Model for Investing in Skills

2021-06-052015-03-12 by Tom & Mary Norton

Massive investments continue to grow in the institutionalization of Skills Development. The motivation is understandable. Improving the productivity of the workforce and creating employment opportunities are essential items on the … Read more

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Employment Skills Units in TVET Institutions

2021-02-092014-04-02 by Tom & Mary Norton

Nothing links training institutions more quickly to the industry they serve than sub contracting service or production work from those industries. Now you are on common ground and your students … Read more

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Public TVET Education: How Did Nice People Like Us Get Into a Mess Like This?

2021-02-092014-03-20 by Tom & Mary Norton

In some countries, publicly funded technician education is on the verge of bankruptcy and irrelevance. Buildings are decaying, ancient equipment is unusable, students register only if they have been turned … Read more

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7 Effective Steps to Engage Employers in TVET

2021-02-092014-03-19 by Tom & Mary Norton

Marketing in TVET is built on the premise that institutions will identify the clients they wish (or are mandated) to serve and will determine the learning needs of these clients. … Read more

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Why Industry Hesitates to Partner with Government

2021-02-092014-03-02 by Tom & Mary Norton

Industry and government are not natural partners. The job of industry is to make money for shareholders. The function of government is to support civil society and, as a corollary, … Read more

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Culture: A Challenge to TVET

2021-02-092014-02-11 by Tom & Mary Norton

In TVET today, there is the constant challenge that very little research has been done on the relationship between skills development and culture. How do we go about developing  systems that … Read more

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Is the Knowledge Gap Getting Bigger?

2021-02-092014-02-08 by Tom & Mary Norton

Knowledge is now the hot stuff in today’s techno world. It is the commodity that matters, it is traded, it attracts capital and advantages someone who has it. Unhappily, it … Read more

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Understanding Technical and Vocational Education and Training

2021-02-092013-11-20 by Tom & Mary Norton

TVET has been talked to death. The determination of academics to square the circle seems almost unstoppable. TVET is aligned with academic education but it has quite a different series … Read more

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