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Studying beyond age 25 – The case of Australia
Why should we keep studying beyond our mid-20s? ask Michael Coelli, Domenico Tabasso and Rezida Zakirova in Studying beyond age 25: who does it and what do they gain? (Adapted excerpts by JMM to follow) After all, education and training at a younger age provide for the longest period over which the return on the … Continue reading
Australia – Industry skills councils a barrier to institutional progress
TERTIARY education policy is far too influenced by the institutionalised status quo rather than by principle. A classic case is relations between vocational and higher education. Vocational education was identified with TAFE institutes and higher education with universities from the mid-1970s until the mid-2000s. Since then the number and types of vocational and higher education … Continue reading
India – Vocational Education – Fastly losing student interest
Over the last five years, the number of enrolments to minimum competency vocational courses for class 12 across streams has slid— it was 10% of the 2008 figure. Five years ago, 64,531 students enrolled for vocational streams and this reduced to 58,271 this year. The vocational stream offers courses under commerce, engineering, medical and allied … Continue reading
Vocational Education: The Link
‘Many countries face significant skills gaps across a range of industries, particularly in technical and specialized fields’ says Boston Consulting Group . These gaps persist despite distressingly high unemployment rates even in developed economies. Jobs remain unfilled even as potential workers, lacking the skills and training that industries require, sit idle. Technical and vocational education … Continue reading
Australia – In what ways can Lifelong Learning continually enhance employment prospects?
Lifelong Learning (LLL) and Employment Prospects: An Australian case by Allie Clemans, Anne Newton, Robbie Guevara and Sally Thompson try to answer the headline question, “In what ways can LLL continually enhance employment prospects?” The Australian case study has been guided by two objectives: 1. Identify the relationship between LLL and employment prospects in policy and practice; and, 2. Document existing … Continue reading
Malaysia – Govt Targets 90000 Students With Vocational Diplomas By 2020
The target could be achieved via various transformation programmes under the Vocational Education Programme that involved the upgrading of 79 vocational high schools nationwide to vocational colleges by next year. … http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v6/newsgeneral.php?id=694556
India – Sibal pitches for vocational studies
Sibal pitches for vocational studies HRD Minister Kapil Sibal on Wednesday emphasized on the necessity of implementing vocational education from ClassIX, saying the gross enrollment ratio, which is currently at 12 per cent, should touch the 30 per cent mark by 2020. “Even then, the … http://www.indianexpress.com/news/sibal-pitches-for-vocational-studies/1001941/
UK – The Queen rejects Government’s apprenticeship programme
Buckingham Palace was approached by ministers keen for Royal estates to hire young people on a Government-backed programme. But the Queen will instead keep her own apprenticeships for chefs, footmen and housemaids, according to The Times. The response was revealed in a Freedom of Information request about the Apprenticeships Bill, which was in its early … Continue reading
Vocational Education – Renewed Respect
Remember the days of the candy-colored tangerine flake streamline baby, when backyard mechanics could customize their cars? Try that nowadays, warns mechanic Chip Bissey, of J and C Auto in the Northeast. “You’re going to wind up shorting out a computer or something like that and one cross of a wrong wire and you’re out … Continue reading
South Africa – Skills and vocational training need rethink
Late in 2008, Acts were passed to make substantial changes to the first post-1994 national qualifications framework. It was split into three linked frameworks, each with its own quality council: Umalusi, the Higher Education Quality Council and the Quality Council for Trades and Occupations. This signified a dramatic policy shift and the introduction of the … Continue reading
German-Style Apprenticeships – Would it Work in the U.S.?
In a world of high youth unemployment, where the supply of skilled labor often fails to match employer demand, Germany believes help can be found in its Dual Vocational Training System (TVET)—a time-tested economic model now incorporated into the Federal Republic’s law. This program, many supporters believe, is the reason why Germany has the lowest jobless rate among … Continue reading
UK – Record sum in vocational education
The coalition is investing a record sum in the kind of educational opportunities that 16 to 18 year-olds need Polly Toynbee writes of the “shocking news … that the number of 16-year-olds staying on in education has fallen for the first time in years”. It is hardly shocking when you consider that the fall in … Continue reading
Vocational and Technical Education Meet Parent Resistance
Career and technical education has come a long way since the days when students could be steered from academics into hairstyling, auto repairs or carpentry. But that doesn’t mean it’s easy to sell the concept of having all students take courses in CTE, as it is known. Take what happened this March in La Jolla, … Continue reading
China – Vocational training for disabled stengthened
China will strengthen vocational training for the disabled population and help them find jobs through a variety of rehabilitation programs, according to a joint notice issued Monday. The notice, issued by the China Disabled Persons’ Federation (CDPF) and two ministries, requires relevant government agencies to subsidize training programs and offer free information and employment services … Continue reading
Vietnam – Vocational training – Students just thinking of universities and colleges
Do The Tai of southern coastal Vung Tau City promptly pulls out a list showing his university and college preferences when asked about the ongoing university entrance examinations. What if, just in case, he does not make it? What about vocational schools where he can pick up valuable skills? Tai has not even thought about … Continue reading
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