Skills mismatches and shortages within the TVET sector: peril or promise?
SOURCE: South African Broadband Education Networks (SABEN)
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2020
TITLE AUTHOR(S): S.Fongwa, B.Mncwango
KEYWORDS: FORTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION (4IR), SKILLS DEVELOPMENT, SKILLS SHORTAGE, TECHNICAL VOCATIONAL EDUCATIONAL TRAINING (TVET) COLLEGES, UNEMPLOYMENT, VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT: Equitable Education and Economies (IED)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 11718
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/15726
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/15726
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2020
TITLE AUTHOR(S): S.Fongwa, B.Mncwango
KEYWORDS: FORTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION (4IR), SKILLS DEVELOPMENT, SKILLS SHORTAGE, TECHNICAL VOCATIONAL EDUCATIONAL TRAINING (TVET) COLLEGES, UNEMPLOYMENT, VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT: Equitable Education and Economies (IED)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 11718
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/15726
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/15726
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Abstract
Despite the strong policy commitment within the TVET system to: (1) expand access for enrolment and (2) strengthen the sectors capacity to provide vocational skills that prepare youth for productive employment, the sector continues to face significant challenges. Combining negative perceptions by both prospective employers and society, TVET graduates are often perceived as lacking the relevant skills and attributes necessary to succeed in the labour market. Such concerns are even more salient in moments of economic strain as in the current global health and economic crisis, and within the current technological expansion described as the much acclaimed Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR).-
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