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Differences in the effects of vocational training on men and women: Constraints on women and drop-out behaviour

Differences in the effects of vocational training on men and women: Constraints on women and drop-out behaviour

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Differences in the effects of vocational training on men and women: Constraints on women and drop-out behaviour
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ILO

The International Labour Organization is the tripartite U.N. agency that promotes Decent Work through employment, social security, labour standards and social dialogue. Its work on skills development is guided by the conceptual framework on Skills to improve productivity, employment growth, and development agreed in 2008 by representatives of Governments, Employers’ Associations and Workers’ Associations. Research, policy advice, and pilot projects and technical cooperation programmes to apply good practices in different circumstances across its 185 member States aims to boost the employability of workers, the productivity and competitiveness of enterprises, and the inclusiveness of economic growth. The ILO Secretariat in offices in 40 countries works with Ministries of Labour, employers’ organizations, and trade unions to integrate skills development into national and sector development strategies in order to better meet current labour market needs and to prepare for the jobs of the future; to expand access to employment-related training so that youth, persons with disabilities and other vulnerable groups are better able to acquire skills and secure productive and decent work; and to improve the ability of public employment services to provide career guidance, maintain labour exchange services, and deliver active labour market programmes.For more information regarding the ILO’s work on skills and employability go to: http://www.ilo.org/skills/lang--en/index.htm; for ILO/Cinterfor's Knowledge Management Plarform, see: http://www.oitcinterfor.org

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Access to training

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Access for all to good quality education, vocational training and workplace learning is a fundamental principle of social cohesion and economic growth. Some groups of people may require targeted attention if they are to benefit from education, training and employment opportunities.  

This is particularly the case for disadvantaged youth, lower skilled workers, people with disabilities, and people in rural communities. The attractiveness of vocational education and training is enhanced when combined with entrepreneurship training and when public policies encourage utilization of higher skills by business. 
 

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Training quality and relevance

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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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ILO Employment Working Paper No. 189

This paper provides experimental evidence on the effects of vocational and entrepreneurial training for Malawian youth, in an environment where access to schooling and formal sector employment is extremely low. It tracks a large fraction of programme drop-outs – a common phenomenon in the training evaluation literature – and examines the determinants and consequences of dropping out and how it mediates the effects of such programmes. The analysis finds that women make decisions in a more constrained environment, and their participation is affected by family obligations. Participation is more expensive for them, resulting in worse training experience. The training results in skills development, continued investment in human capital and improved well-being, with more positive effects for men, but no improvements in labour market outcomes in the short run.

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Apprenticeships

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Entrepreneurship

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Gender and development

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Inclusion

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Vocational training

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Innovation and training: Partners in change

Innovation and training: Partners in change

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Experts from many international, regional and national agencies generously share their views, experiences and findings on skills, helping policy-makers among other stakeholders to understand the linkages between education, training and the world of work, and how to integrate skills into national development planning to promote employment and economic growth.

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Training quality and relevance

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17 Dec 2015
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Vocational education and training is contributing to innovation and training is becoming more innovative This Note emphasizes that education and training are encouraging the creativity and innovation that can transform economies and societies. At the same time, innovation in new forms of cooperation and changes in curricula, teaching and technology are bringing greater flexibility and modernising vocational education and training (VET).
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TVET systems

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Vocational training

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Innovation und Berufsbildung: Partner im Wandel

Innovation und Berufsbildung: Partner im Wandel

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Experts from many international, regional and national agencies generously share their views, experiences and findings on skills, helping policy-makers among other stakeholders to understand the linkages between education, training and the world of work, and how to integrate skills into national development planning to promote employment and economic growth.

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Training quality and relevance

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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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17 Dec 2015
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Bildung und Ausbildung fördern Kreativität und Innovation, die Volkswirtschaften und Gesellschaften grundlegend verändern können. Und innovative Kooperationsformen, Lehrpläne, Ausbildungskonzepte und Technologien tragen wiederum zur Flexibilität und Modernisierung der Berufsbildung bei.

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Education and training

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Delivering TVET through quality apprenticeships

Delivering TVET through quality apprenticeships

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International organizations

Information is gathered from other international organizations that promote skills development and the transition from education and training to work. The Interagency Group on Technical and Vocational Education and Training (IAG-TVET) was established in 2009 to share research findings, coordinate joint research endeavours, and improve collaboration among organizations working at the international and national levels.

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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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07 Dec 2015
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wcmstest4_159457.pdf

Report of the UNESCO-UNEVOC virtual conference

 

This report explores questions related to the definition of quality, innovations and alternative forms of apprenticeships as a form of work-based learning, financing and governance, and curriculum development. This report also stresses the importance of apprenticeships and recognizes that such forms of training entail multi-stakeholder systems that require adequate arrangements, consensus and commitment from a series of different actors and institutions. An important message is that apprenticeship systems operate within the wider context of a country’s cultural traditions, norms, socio-economic conditions and individual aspirations. Countries striving to set up, upgrade or improve an apprenticeships or other forms of work based learning need to be aware that arrangements should respect and be adapted to the individual characteristics of their country and society.

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Apprenticeships

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School-to-work transition

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Skills and training policy

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TVET systems

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Vocational training

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A training policy model for enhancing employability and gender equity: The Formujer Programme

A training policy model for enhancing employability and gender equity: The Formujer Programme

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A training policy model for enhancing employability and gender equity: The Formujer Programme
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ILO

The International Labour Organization is the tripartite U.N. agency that promotes Decent Work through employment, social security, labour standards and social dialogue. Its work on skills development is guided by the conceptual framework on Skills to improve productivity, employment growth, and development agreed in 2008 by representatives of Governments, Employers’ Associations and Workers’ Associations. Research, policy advice, and pilot projects and technical cooperation programmes to apply good practices in different circumstances across its 185 member States aims to boost the employability of workers, the productivity and competitiveness of enterprises, and the inclusiveness of economic growth. The ILO Secretariat in offices in 40 countries works with Ministries of Labour, employers’ organizations, and trade unions to integrate skills development into national and sector development strategies in order to better meet current labour market needs and to prepare for the jobs of the future; to expand access to employment-related training so that youth, persons with disabilities and other vulnerable groups are better able to acquire skills and secure productive and decent work; and to improve the ability of public employment services to provide career guidance, maintain labour exchange services, and deliver active labour market programmes.For more information regarding the ILO’s work on skills and employability go to: http://www.ilo.org/skills/lang--en/index.htm; for ILO/Cinterfor's Knowledge Management Plarform, see: http://www.oitcinterfor.org

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Gender equality

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Women represent both half of the world's population – and half the world's economic potential. Their participation in the labour market reduces poverty because they often invest 90 per cent of their income in the well-being, education and nutrition of their families. Yet labour force participation by women has stagnated at about 55 per cent globally since 2010. Moreover, women are disproportionately represented in precarious work – low-paid, low-skilled and insecure jobs.

Training plays an important role in the pursuit of equality of opportunity and treatment for women and men in the world of work. Yet women often lack access to technical and vocational education and training. Many also lack the basic functional skills, such as literacy and numeracy, to participate meaningfully in the work force. Overcoming this challenge requires the adoption of a life-cycle approach. This includes improving girls’ access to basic education; overcoming logistic, economic and cultural barriers to apprenticeships and to secondary and vocational training for young women; and meeting the training needs of women re-entering the labour market and of older women who have not had equal access to opportunities for lifelong learning.

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Training quality and relevance

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Promotional material

Presentations, discussion papers, meeting reports, promotional materials, videos, fact sheets, brochures and newsletters on skills development for employment.

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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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27 Nov 2015
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The purpose of the FORMUJER Programme (Programme to Strengthen Technical and Vocational Training of Low Income Women in Latin America) is to promote and strengthen the capacities of the institutions of the region to design and implement policies intended to improve the quality, relevance and equity of training for work and increase the employability of women and men, paying special attention to the training and labour insertion needs of low income women.

To achieve its objectives, FORMUJER has developed a model for intervention –to which this volume is devoted– that makes an objective in itself of the systematisation, spreading and transfer of the developments, results and lessons learned, that become specific products, among which the FORMUJER publications are included.

The purposes of this document are:

• supplement the conceptual, methodological and strategic rationale of the proposed model of intervention, articulating it with the Conceptual and Teaching Materials Series;
• present its design and structure;
• analyse the process of implementation of the model proposed and the Programme, going further into depth regarding the different strategies applied in each country;
• outline the main results of execution up to mid-2003, in overall terms and, basically, in qualitative terms;
• share, responding to the conviction that gave rise to and guided both its design and its action, the reflections and learning that have been gathered over the five years of execution.
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Gender

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Globalization

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TVET systems

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Vocational training

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Women

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Americas

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The role of modularisation and unitisation in vocational education and training

The role of modularisation and unitisation in vocational education and training

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The role of modularisation and unitisation in vocational education and training
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Experts from many international, regional and national agencies generously share their views, experiences and findings on skills, helping policy-makers among other stakeholders to understand the linkages between education, training and the world of work, and how to integrate skills into national development planning to promote employment and economic growth.

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Case studies and good practices

Case studies that document good practices and illustrate the benefits and lessons learnt of particular approaches or methods in real practice. 

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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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27 Nov 2015
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Vocational education and training (VET) systems must adapt to the labour market, to technological developments, to changes in existing occupations and to new ways of work organisation. Differences in learners’ performance or prior knowledge, skills and competences, also require flexibility in education and training provision. Modularisation and unitisation of VET programmes and qualifications is seen as part of the answer to these challenges.

This study investigates the role of modules and units in VET in 15 EU countries and aims to determine how these structures fit in the wider VET systems. It provides a comparative analysis of different modularisation and unitisation practices and the rationale behind their implementation, and an outline of the different national contexts in which modular and unitised structures developed over time. It also offers a close-up of three different approaches to modularisation in one occupational area, in Germany, the Netherlands and Scotland.
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Apprenticeships

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TVET systems

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Vocational training

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Job-related adult learning and continuing vocational training in Europe

Job-related adult learning and continuing vocational training in Europe

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Job-related adult learning and continuing vocational training in Europe
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Experts from many international, regional and national agencies generously share their views, experiences and findings on skills, helping policy-makers among other stakeholders to understand the linkages between education, training and the world of work, and how to integrate skills into national development planning to promote employment and economic growth.

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Lifelong learning

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There is a critical need for a greater overall investment in education and training, particularly in developing countries. Education and training investments should be closely linked to economic and employment growth strategies and programmes. Responsibility should be shared between the government (primary responsibility), enterprises, the social partners, and the individual. To make lifelong learning for all a reality, countries will need to make major reforms of their vocational and education and training systems. School-to-work schemes for young people should integrate education with workplace learning. Training systems need to become more flexible and responsive to rapidly changing skill requirements. Reforms should also focus on how learning can be facilitated, not just on training for specific occupational categories.

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Older workers

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Access for all to good quality education, vocational training and workplace learning is a fundamental principle of social cohesion and economic growth. Some groups of people may require targeted attention if they are to benefit from education, training and employment opportunities.

This is particularly the case for disadvantaged youth, lower skilled workers, people with disabilities, and people in rural communities. The attractiveness of vocational education and training is enhanced when combined with entrepreneurship training and when public policies encourage utilization of higher skills by business.

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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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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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23 Nov 2015
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Increasing adult participation in education and training, decreasing inequalities and ensuring labour market relevance are all important objectives of EU policies. This report provides a statistical picture of job-related adult learning and continuing vocational training in the EU. It selects, presents and analyses internationally comparable data from the adult education survey and the continuing vocational training survey. These are essential resources to complement and understand better the labour force survey indicator of participation in adult learning. The report provides further insights, in particular with regard to the job-related and employer-sponsored components of learning and training. Types, forms, purposes, content, employer support and financing of adult learning as well as obstacles and barriers are analysed. Results at EU and country levels, as well as key trends and breakdowns are presented. By contributing to better understanding of patterns and trends in adult learning and continuing vocational training, the report is a valuable tool for evidence-informed lifelong learning policies at EU and country level.
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Older workers

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Skills and training policy

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Vocational training

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Transversal skills in TVET: Pedagogies and assessment

Transversal skills in TVET: Pedagogies and assessment

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Transversal skills in TVET: Pedagogies and assessment
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International organizations

Information is gathered from other international organizations that promote skills development and the transition from education and training to work. The Interagency Group on Technical and Vocational Education and Training (IAG-TVET) was established in 2009 to share research findings, coordinate joint research endeavours, and improve collaboration among organizations working at the international and national levels.

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Training quality and relevance

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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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19 Nov 2015
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Asia-Pacific Education System Review Series No. 9 The purpose of this report is to provide insight into transversal skills education in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) by examining teaching and assessment of these skills in selected countries of the Asia-Pacific region. There are different understandings and conceptualizations of transversal skills across countries but in general these skills refer to a number of important competencies for life and work (namely communication, entrepreneurship, problem-solving, innovation, collaboration skills, etc.) that can be acquired through education and training and can help people better progress through pathways between education levels and across employment sectors.
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Entrepreneurship

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School-to-work transition

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Transferable skills

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TVET systems

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Innovative strategies in technical and vocational education and training for accelerated human resource development in South Asia: Sri Lanka

Innovative strategies in technical and vocational education and training for accelerated human resource development in South Asia: Sri Lanka

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Innovative strategies in technical and vocational education and training for accelerated human resource development in South Asia: Sri Lanka
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International organizations

Information is gathered from other international organizations that promote skills development and the transition from education and training to work. The Interagency Group on Technical and Vocational Education and Training (IAG-TVET) was established in 2009 to share research findings, coordinate joint research endeavours, and improve collaboration among organizations working at the international and national levels.

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Experts from many international, regional and national agencies generously share their views, experiences and findings on skills, helping policy-makers among other stakeholders to understand the linkages between education, training and the world of work, and how to integrate skills into national development planning to promote employment and economic growth.

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Training quality and relevance

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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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19 Nov 2015
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South Asia’s contributions to the Asian economy and the global labor force are substantial and will continue to grow. The Asian Development Bank’s priority in the region is to complement infrastructure investments with strategic support to human resource development to help people move up the value chain. The objective of the Innovative Strategies for Accelerated Human Resource Development in South Asia (Subproject 11) under the Development Partnership Program for South Asia (RETA 6337) is to support emerging opportunities in priority human resource development through targeted policy dialogue grounded on relevant analytical work on technical and vocational education and training (TVET) and higher education. With that background, this report provides in-depth analyses of the state of technical and vocational education and training (TVET) and higher education in Sri Lanka.
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School-to-work transition

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TVET systems

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Vocational training

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Youth

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Innovative strategies in technical and vocational education and training for accelerated human resource development in South Asia: Nepal

Innovative strategies in technical and vocational education and training for accelerated human resource development in South Asia: Nepal

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Innovative strategies in technical and vocational education and training for accelerated human resource development in South Asia: Nepal
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English

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Experts from many international, regional and national agencies generously share their views, experiences and findings on skills, helping policy-makers among other stakeholders to understand the linkages between education, training and the world of work, and how to integrate skills into national development planning to promote employment and economic growth.

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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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18 Nov 2015
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As part of a series of country reports on technical and vocational education and training (TVET) and higher education, this report examines current developments in skills development strategies in Nepal. It analyses key issues, challenges, and opportunities with the emphasis of making skills training more relevant and efficient in relation to domestic and international labour markets.
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Development policy

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TVET systems

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