Five year program for priority skills development to deliver EDPRS II (2013 - 2018)

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															Five year program for priority skills development to deliver EDPRS II (2013 - 2018)
													

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Governments hold a wealth of knowledge on skills development, and are increasingly realizing the value of learning from each others’ experiences. Their policy documents, programme evaluations, and research findings contain their experience and ideas on how to better link skills to employment

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Anticipating and matching skills needs

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Anticipating and building skills for the future is essential to a rapidly changing labour market. This applies to changes in the types and levels of skills needed as well as in occupational and technical areas. Effective methods to anticipate future skills needs and avoid potential mismatches include: sustained dialogue between employers and trainers, coordination across government institutions, labour market information systems, employment services and performance reviews of training institutions.

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Sectoral approaches

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Matching skills to labour market demand requires reliable sectoral and occupational information and institutions that connect employers with training providers. Sector based strategies and institutions have proved effective in engaging all stakeholders in promoting both pre-employment training and life-long learning.

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National policies and initiatives

National legislation, policies and initiatives on the issue of training and skills development and the world of work.

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03 Mar 2015

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The Government of Rwanda recognizes the need for qualified and skilled human resources to address the imbalance in the supply and demand of skilled labour and is committed to ensuring that there are skilled workers available on the labour market to meet the actual labour market demands. Whereas progress has been made over the previous 19 years in the areas of education and skills development in Rwanda, significant barriers still remain, creating challenge of matching of skills and opportunities in the labour market.

It has therefore become imperative to depart from the traditional way of capacity building to a more strategic and focused approach that is aimed at achieving national priorities. A Five Year Program for skills development to deliver EDPRS II ( 2013-2018) in this regard has been developed to address the critical and scarce skills gap in the following high priority sectors: Infrastructure; Agriculture; Natural Resources; Investment, Trade and Industry ICT; Health and Education.

The Study has revealed that highly skilled labour is needed to help address identified sector specific needs – particularly at the technician and professional levels in the aforementioned Sectors.

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