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Vocational education and training for social inclusion: a research project
VET schools and other VET centres of learning are ‘at the front-line’ when it comes to preventing young people from leaving school early and placing themselves ‘at risk’ of social exclusion. By providing high quality VET programmes and an environment that is conducive to learning, schools support young people to acquire valued qualifications that enable … Continue reading
Australia / Vocational Qualifications System: the National Skills Standards Council has released a Position Paper
The National Skills Standards Council was commissioned by Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Ministers from all jurisdictions to undertake a broad ranging review of the standards for the regulation of vocational education and training, focusing on issues of quality. Since commencing the review in June 2012, the Council has taken a consultative approach to the … Continue reading
UK / A new framework for post-graduate level higher apprenticeship in professional services
Skills minister Matthew Hancock (pictured) has welcomed the creation of the first graduate level higher apprenticeships in advanced manufacturing, commercial airline piloting and professional development for work based learning practitioners. Employers including BAE Systems and British Airways expect to recruit new graduate apprentices this year. In addition, a new framework for the first post-graduate level … Continue reading
US / Vocational Education: a pathway to college, and a way to gain skills to pay tuition
Classes like wood shop or auto shop used to be called vocational classes. They were known as an academic dumping ground for students who weren’t succeeding in a regular classroom. But a lot has changed. In the rural mid-Michigan school district of Stockbridge, classes now offer a pathway to college, and a way to gain … Continue reading
Autism / Employability and “Phenomenal Talent”
Peter Bell with Autism Speaks spoke of the employability of individuals with autism during a visit to Exceptional Minds vocational school for young adults on the autism spectrum last month. “Most of the world doesn’t know yet that there is phenomenal talent here in Sherman Oaks, in this room,“ said Peter Bell to a roomful … Continue reading
UK / An overhaul of vocational education
Teenagers in England are to be offered the chance to take new courses in engineering and construction as part of an overhaul of vocational education. Ministers said they would develop seven qualifications in the two subjects to equip youngsters with relevant skills. The Department for Education also said thousands of vocational qualifications which were “of … Continue reading
How To Score Good Jobs Right Out of High School
Frank Pena doesn’t have much time to chat, because he’s repairing a jet engine. The 24-year-old technician at Lockheed Martin is a big guy, but even he looks tiny compared with some of the engines—from the Air Force’s C-5 to the commercial 727—arrayed in the factory. Pena is here, and not flipping burgers at McDonalds, … Continue reading
Canada / The Trouble With Apprenticeship / Overall completion rate was 4.9% in 2007
Skilled labour shortages are expected in Canada. Apprenticeship is seen by many as one of the best ways to provide for a supply of skills matching industry needs. The German model is praised around the world, exported and copied elsewhere. What about the system in Canada? Statistics Canada has published a study by Christine Laporte … Continue reading
China / More than 95 percent of graduates from polytechnics or vocational schools have a job
The employment rate for graduates from polytechnics or vocational schools is more than 95 percent, higher than that for their college counterparts, according to a report by the Ministry of Education on middle-level vocational education. The message is such schools provide the right people with the right skills for enterprises and they meet the needs … Continue reading
Quebec / The Summit on Higher Education: The losers are youth holders of vocational and technical degrees
Quebec / The Summit on Higher Education: The losers are youth holders of vocational and technical degrees
Philippines / A mobile app for vocational education
The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), the Philippines has launched a mobile app to make available information on technical vocational education and training to the public. A TESDA app is a free application available for download through Google’s Play for Android enabled devices. The iOS version of the same is pending for Apple’s approval. “Being … Continue reading
Skills Gap / Vocational Education / Meeting the needs of a specific labour market
The report INTERNATIONAL APPROACHES TO SPECIALISATION IN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION by Charlynne Pullen, Olivia Varley-Winter and Philippa Melaniphy presents “four country studies: Germany, the United States of America, Singapore and Australia” (Adapted choosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor to follow). For the purposes of this report, the definition of specialisation is an instance in which provision of vocational education is focused … Continue reading
The Grand Disconnect – Employers, education providers, and youth
“Around the world, governments and businesses face a conundrum: high levels of youth unemployment and a shortage of job seekers with critical skills” writes Mona Mourshed, Diana Farrell, and Dominic Barton in a McKinsey in Its report Education to Employment Designing a system that works. (Adapted choosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor to follow) How can a country successfully move … Continue reading
Australia / Vocational Education / 25 TAFE campuses will be closed
At least 25 TAFE campuses will be closed in Queensland and more could follow under reforms to the vocational education and training sector. Education Minister John Paul Langbroek has accepted 37 out of 40 recommendations in a taskforce report handed down earlier this month, while the other three have received in-principle support. One of the … Continue reading
Pakistan / Promotion of technical education stressed to secure the future of youth
Participants at a dialogue stressed the need for promotion of Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) to secure the future of youth and enable Pakistan to take advantage of its growing youth population. This was the crux of a day-long session entitled ‘Dialogue on Skill Development’ political priority for developing the future generation, jointly organized … Continue reading
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