Strengthening TVET through the integration of ICT

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Strengthening TVET through the integration of ICT

• Presentation by Maja Zarini and Josiane
  Blanc-Mannheim
• UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre for
• Technical and Vocational Education and Training

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What is TVET?

• Technical and vocational education and training
  (TVET) is concerned with a process of acquiring
  knowledge and skills for growth and development
  that enables an individual to find a satisfying
  occupation and to be able to prepare for their
  livelihoods.

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UNESCOs Recommendations on TVET (2001)

• TVET should
• contribute to the achievement of the societal
  goals of democratic, social and cultural
  development as well as the traditional emphasis
  on economic development lead to a broad and,
  when necessary, critical understanding of science
  and technology and empower people to contribute
  to environmentally sound sustainable development
  through their occupations and other areas of
  their lives.

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Crucial role of TVET

• New subjects (issues) need to be incorporated
  into TVET teaching and learning
• A need to renew TVET by articulating TVET with
  overall systems of education and adopting a
  range of modalities
• To take responsibility of bridging the gap
  between the educational system and the labor
  market
• A pathway to achieving the MDGs, EFA and ESD

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Key TVET issues and challenges
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• Major skills gaps
• High youth unemployment44 of worlds unemployed
  are youth (ILO, 2006)
• Poverty reduction and economic growth
  sustainable livelihoods
• Demands of globalization
• Image and status of TVET
• Access to TVET for all
• Quality assurance and relevance
• Training the trainers
• Importance of non-formal and informal approaches
• Lifelong learning
• Vocationalisation of secondary education
• Vocational content in higher education
• Public-private partnerships

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UNESCOs Programmes Concerning ICT in Education
Strategic Planning Seminar 29-31 July 2008

• Vision
• A world without boundaries where technologies
  support education to build inclusive knowledge
  societies.

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Importance of Global NetworkingSharing Best and
Innovation Practices

• Tools used by UNESCO-UNEVOC
• Networking
• Knowledge-Sharing and Publications
• Advisory Services
• Training and Human Resource Development
• Inter-agency Collaboration and Partnerships

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The UNEVOC Network
162 Participating Countries 267 UNEVOC
Centres 192 Countries as UNESCO Member States
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Classification of UNEVOC Centres by Region
Africa 83 Centres
Asia-Pacific 78 Centres
Latin-America / Caribbean 31 Centres
Arab States 36 Centres
Europe/North America 68 Centres
Please note The total number of Centres in this
graph exceeds the actual number of UNEVOC Centres
due to the fact that some countries belong to
more than one UNESCO region.
UNESCO-UNEVOC, September 2008
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Classification of UNEVOC Centres by Type of
Institution
77 Schools / Training Centres
76 National TVET Bodies
65 Univ. Training / Research Institutes
61 Ministries of Education / Dept. TVET
UNESCO-UNEVOC, September 2008
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Promotion of ICT in TVET and Training and Human
Resource Development
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Promoting ICTs in TVET

• Since 2007, UNEVOC holds an annual African TVET
  Summit on Access and Inclusion Improving TVET
  through ICT-based Information and Learning
  Solutions
• Aims
• Highlight the importance of ICT in TVET in Africa
• Showcase good practice
• Building TVET community
• Report of the first three Summits will be
  published this year

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Training and Human Resource Development

• International Symposium on Development of
  Teaching and Learning Methods in TVET Programmes
  through the Use of Information and Communication
  Technology, Tunis, 20-22 November 2006
• International Seminar on Advancing TVET in the
  Caucasus through Enhancing the Use of ICTs,
  Tbilisi, Georgia, 7-9 September 2009
• Contribution to Regional Conference on
  Innovations in VET through E-learning in Arab
  Countries, 28-29 September 2009

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Building TVET Communities through the
UNESCO-UNEVOC Online Services
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Simple, user friendly and demand driven!
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Knowledge-oriented (TVET) Communities
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UNEVOC Website www.unevoc.unesco.org

• Always up-to-date on UNEVOC and TVET news,
  events and feature articles inform readers about
  current developments (RSS feed available)
• Easy and direct subscription to UNEVOC services
  e-Forum, UNEVOC Bulletin (print and/or digital)
• Comprehensive search for UNEVOC publications
  (most of them available for download)
• UNEVOC Network Directory easily accessible via
  online database

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UNESCO-UNEVOC e-Forum

• Mailing list for TVET experts worldwide. Started
  in 2000.
• Direct access via www.unevoc.unesco.org/e-Forum
• Free!
• Easy sign-up via online form
• Online interface
• Threaded view
• Search messages
• Examples of issues discussed
• Curriculum revision and redesign
• Enhancing TVET in Liberia
• Evaluation and assessment of work-based learning
• Etc.

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UNESCO-UNEVOC e-Forum A growing online community

• The e-Forum currently has close to 1200 members
  from about 140 Countries. 50 from developing
  countries
• Interest and participation in the e-Forum is
  growing steadily
• On average, 70 messages per month
• 01 Jan. to 14 May 2009 322 messages from 270
  different posters

Bonaventure Kerre, Kenya, on 28 Jan 2008, in an
e-Forum message "... TVET will be what TVET
experts make it and not for others because they
too have their own disciplines to take care of.
UNESCO's UNEVOC project has done a lot to uplift
the status of TVET. UNESCO member states have all
agreed that TVET is a right and aught to be given
the prominence it deserves. But who will take the
initiative to do it? No one else except those who
are in it and know what it entails. ..."
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UNEVOC Online Conferences

• Two pathways, one destination - TVET for a
  sustainable future
• Moderated online conference on 22 October to 10
  November 2007 (free of charge)
• More than 100 participating TVET experts from
  around the world
• Next online conference later this year, possibly
  on Virtual World in TVET

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TVETipedia An Open TVET Portal

• New online portal for the exchange of information
  on TVET
• Based on easy-to-use wiki technology (like
  Wikipedia)
• TVET experts worldwide can create accounts and
  add/edit content
• Quality is assured by UNEVOC editorial team
• www.tvetipedia.org

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Key Issues

• Quality Ensuring quality and reliability
• Accessibility Easy communication among TVET
  experts
• Value Added What online support can UNEVOC
  offer?
• Need Analysis Addressing the needs of the UNEVOC
  Network and the greater TVET community
• Cost effectiveness ensuring there is no
  duplication of services
• Collaboration and Partnerships What additional
  skills, partners and budget are necessary to
  develop TVET knowledge-oriented communities?

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Thank you for your kind attention!

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