23 Feb 2016
Expanding the Conception of Vocational Education and Training: Why the Reorganisation of South Africa’s Post-Schooling System offers New Opportunities By Volker Wedekind
By Volker Wedekind, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg In the context of the creation of a distinct Ministry of Higher Education and... Read More
22 Feb 2016
The Glass is Half Full! Technical and Vocational Education and Training and the Sustainable Development Goals By Salim Akoojee
By Salim Akoojee, International Research Associate and Consultant, South Africa and Hong Kong. After the dust has settled on the somewhat arduous... Read More
18 Feb 2016
Emerging Donor Finance to Technical and Vocational Education and Training By Robert Palmer
By Robert Palmer, NORRAG. Anyone that has tried to explore the nature of DAC donor support to technical and vocational education and... Read More
08 Jan 2016
NEET: “Time to Look at the Whole Picture of Youth” By Ummuhan Bardak
By Ummuhan Bardak, European Training Foundation. ‘Unemployed youth’ has typically been the focus of youth-related discussions, in both developing and transition countries... Read More
21 Dec 2015
Rebranding TVET to Attract Youth in Ghana: The Use of Competency-Based Training and the National TVET Qualification Framework By Sebastian Deh
By Sebastian Deh, Council for Technical and Vocational Education and Training, Ghana. Rebranding Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) to make... Read More
26 Nov 2015
Vocational Education and Training, Human Rights, Human Development and Equality in the Occupied Palestinian Territory By Randa Hilal
By Randa Hilal, OPTIMUM for Consultancy and Training, Ramallah, Palestine. How can Vocational Education and Training (VET) reduce the inequalities related to... Read More
02 Nov 2015
What is New for TVET and TVSD in the SDGs’ Agenda? By Michel Carton and Sylvia Garcia Delahaye
By Michel Carton and Sylvia Garcia Delahaye, NORRAG. The Sustainable Development Goals pay some level of attention to training and skills development,... Read More
23 Oct 2015
What does it mean in Curriculum Terms for Education to Prepare People for Work? By Stephanie Allais and Yael Shalem
By Stephanie Allais and Yael Shalem, Centre for Researching Education and Labour, University of the Witwatersrand. It is widely believed that at... Read More
20 Oct 2015
Technical Vocational and Skills Development and the Sustainable Development Goals: Implications for Developing Countries and for Research By Peliwe Lolwana
By Peliwe Lolwana, University of Witwatersrand. In this piece I would like to raise two issues about the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)... Read More
31 Aug 2015
Technology for Sustainable Development: Towards Innovative Value Driven Solutions By Joost Monks
By Joost Monks, NORRAG, Geneva. On 8 July 2015, at the United Nations Headquarters, the UN Academic Impact Initiative (UNAI)[1] and Amrita University[2] (India)... Read More