Technical and vocational education and training must provide the competences and tools necessary for green economies.
Unfortunately, successive governments have failed to put apprenticeships where they belong, at the forefront of vocational education.
The government has made a direct connection between vocational education and the needs of industry and economic growth.
They will be joined by a variety of experts and specialists in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET).
Many believe that education for green economies must increasingly be part of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) programmes.
There are some hints of future policy announcements on making it easier for people to buy their own homes and on vocational education.
He insisted that politicians and experts should not send the message that this is "wholesale trashing" and a downgrading of vocational education.
The UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training was established in 2000 and was inaugurated in Bonn in 2002.
Therefore, a sustainable delivery of quality Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) is a critically important aspect of Pakistan education system.
It was agreed that the Conference advanced understanding on TVET policies and strategies for integrating academic courses with vocational education through equivalency.
In his presentation David Atchoarena reviewed some of the reasons UNESCO gives such high priority to Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET).
Higher vocational education is a new post-secondary education form which leads directly to employment and corresponds to the needs of the labour market.
In particular, UNESCO is focusing on improving the quality of technical and vocational education and advocating its key role in the economic development.
UNESCO: Strengthening the bond between TVET and the Private Sector
In the weeks to come, I will also lay out a fundamental rethinking of our job training, vocational education, and community college programs.
And, in Germany, particular attention will be paid to vocational education.
Participants include governments and local authorities, international and regional organizations, the private sector, technical and vocational education and training institutions, NGOs, civil society and community-based organizations.
Improving vocational education - and coupling this with basic skills - was presented as a way of keeping those "disengaged from learning" within the education system.
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The group will look at vocational education and careers advice in schools and how they prepare young people for employment with the skills required for their region.
It also calls for employers to be involved formally in technical and vocational education to ensure that what is taught is relevant and useful in the workplace.
Through its oriented projects and partnerships, UNESCO is working to promote the importance of technical and vocational education in providing job opportunities and reducing poverty in Iraq.
UNESCO: Strengthening the bond between TVET and the Private Sector
The missed opportunity to improve vocational education is pity enough.
The challenge, they added, lies not in securing a large research grant designed for a 4-year institution, but finding resources to support English language learners or adult vocational education.
The UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (UNESCO-UNEVOC) assists UNESCO's 195 member states strengthen and upgrade their technical and vocational education and training (TVET) systems.
Alison Wolf, professor of management at King's College, University of London, warns that vocational education should not be viewed as a way of engaging students turned off by school.
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Professor Alison Wolf, author of the government's review into vocational education, said the only sensible approach is to get a "broad-based education" equipped with skills and qualifications that employers recognize.
It is his belief that subsidized education, vocational education, and underwritten community college education could be an important key to a vibrant private sector economy which he fully supports.
The significance of this is that after two years of concern about vocational qualifications in schools, this is the first time we have had a positive story about vocational education.
The UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training acts as part of the United Nations' mandate to promote peace, justice, equity, poverty alleviation and greater social cohesion.
What we need instead is a serious commitment to vocational education at a younger age than it is now offered, and the ability to diagnose potential problems in individual children earlier.
In August 2010, Mr Roe was asked by the government to undertake a review of the vocational education and training available to people over the age of 16 living in Scotland.
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