Vocational education
Recommended reading
- Beyond the basics: balancing education and training systems in developing countries
- ( R. Palmer / Journal of Education for International Development , 2006)
- This paper argues that since 1990, post-primary or post-basic education has received far less support than primary education. However, it is becoming increasingly clear that concomitant support is nee...
- Youth livelihood toolkit: preparing out-of-school youth for livelihood
- ( Development Experience Clearinghouse, USAID , 2005)
- This toolkit is designed to identify effective policies that support the preparation of livelihood opportunities for out-of-school youth in terms of earning, learning, and skill development opportunit...
- Globalisation and skills for development in Rwanda and Tanzania
- ( L. Tikly; J. Lowe; M. Crossley; H. Dachi; R. Garrett; B. Mukabaranga / Department for International Development, UK , 2003)
- This report is based on a study whose overall aim was to create a context-relevant knowledge base of the implications for education and training policy of globalisation in two low-income sub-Saharan A...
- Vocational education and training in Tanzania and Zimbabwe in the context of economic reform
- ( P. Bennell; S. Bendera; G. Kanyenze / Department for International Development, UK , 1999)
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This report summarises the main findings of two studies on Vocational Education and Training (VET) provision since the mid-late 1980s in Tanzania and Zimbabwe.
The research project covered all types...
- Vocational education and training in Asia
- ( J.B.G. Tilak / Network for Policy Review Research and Advice on Education and Training , 2002)
- This article provides a brief account of the progress made by countries in the Asian region in Vocational Education and Training (VET), and discusses a few important emerging issues of serious concern...
- Vocational education: the come-back?
- ( Education Sector, UNESCO , 2005)
- Technical and vocational education and training (TVET) has fueled phenomenal economic growth in some countries and fallen short of expectations in others. Whilst TVET is still seen as second-class edu...
- The importance of secondary, vocational and higher education to development
- ( Department for International Development, UK , 2006)
- This DFID practice paper gives a brief overview of the importance of investing in secondary, vocational and higher education in developing countries. The paper defines basic education as nine years o...
- To train or to educate?: evidence from Tanzania
- ( G. Kahyarara; F. Teal / ESRC Global Poverty Research Group , 2006)
- There has been much dispute in the literature as to whether the returns to vocational or academic training are higher. The authors of this paper ask how the returns to academic education compare with ...
