Key issues and challenges for transformation
SOURCE: Vocational education and training in southern Africa: a comparative study
OUTPUT TYPE: Chapter in Monograph
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
TITLE AUTHOR(S): S.McGrath
SOURCE EDITOR(S): S.Akoojee, A.Gewer, S.McGrath
KEYWORDS: TRANSFORMATION, VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING
DEPARTMENT: Equitable Education and Economies (IED)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 2952
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/7245
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/7245
OUTPUT TYPE: Chapter in Monograph
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
TITLE AUTHOR(S): S.McGrath
SOURCE EDITOR(S): S.Akoojee, A.Gewer, S.McGrath
KEYWORDS: TRANSFORMATION, VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING
DEPARTMENT: Equitable Education and Economies (IED)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 2952
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/7245
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/7245
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Abstract
In this chapter, I will focus on three types of issue for southern African VET systems. First, I will ask what the overall vision of VET is and should be and why transformation is seen as essential. Second, I will explore the place of VET in a broader policy environment, specifically through its relationships to economic and educational policy. Third, I will raise ten of the major debates in VET policy and sketch elements of their playing out in the region. Because of the different development levels of the countries in the region and the differing paces at which VET reform is being implemented, there inevitably will be more reference to some countries than others in what follows. It is important to stress that this should not be read as implying that some countries in the region should be seen as models for the development of VET in the others. Indeed, it will become clear as the from the early leaders in VET reform in the region.-
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