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Tracer study on the employment outcomes of the vocational training graduates

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Tracer study on the employment outcomes of the vocational training graduates
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English

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TVET institutions

Technical and vocational education and training (TVET) institutions play an important role in equipping young people to enter the world of work and in improving their employability throughout their careers. The Global KSP collects and shares information from TVET institutions on how they respond to changing labour market needs, adopt new training technologies, expand the outreach of their training, and improve the quality of their services including in the areas of governance, financing, teacher education, and industry partnerships.

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Monitoring and evaluation

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Measuring the outcomes of skills systems, policies and targeted programmes is essential in order to monitor and improve their effectiveness and relevance. Elements of sound assessment processes include: institutions to sustain feedback from employers and trainees; mechanisms to track labour market outcomes of training and systems of accountability that use this information; and, quantitative and qualitative labour market information and its dissemination to all stakeholders.

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skpPolPer
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monitoring-and-evaluation
Knowledge Products:

Evaluation reports

Analytical assessments of technical cooperation programmes and national skills and employment policies, identifying success factors of different interventions in response to particular challenges in different circumstances.

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evaluation-reports

Research papers

Working papers, reports, and other publications from international organizations, academic institutions and bilateral agencies. Research findings to stimulate informed debate on skills, employment and productivity issues. 

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research-papers

Statistical information

Data produced by the international organizations and countries on trends in skills provision, demand, and employment outcomes to help inform policy-making and monitoring processes.

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Publication Date:
27 Apr 2015
Throughout the world, different countries are trying to create closer synergies between the needs and purposes of their education training systems, the local and regional labour markets, and their national economies. This is largely a result of an international consensus which, though contested, argues that people and organisations need to embrace new skills and knowledge at regular periods in order to meet the challenges of a much more dynamic and unstable economic climate (Unwin, 2003). Such developments ask important questions of national education systems in terms of curriculum content, teaching and learning processes, skills acquisition and expertise of educational professionals. In an environment where there is lack of a systematic and accurate examination of employment outcomes of vocational training graduates such as is the case in Botswana, it is difficult to establish any synergy between the economy and labour markets. In such cases, tracer studies could be used as a means of maintaining curriculum relevance and providing targeted benefits to graduates to enhance marketability of vocational programs. This study provides adequate knowledge on employment outcomes of vocational training graduates and aims to assist in formulating policy towards combating some of social problems such as unemployment.
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Apprenticeships

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apprenticeships
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639

TVET systems

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tvet-systems
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Vocational training

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vocational-training
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Africa

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