skill development in africa
South African young people with vocational verve demonstrated their skills and had their lives change through participating in a WorldSkills South African National Competition that shone a spotlight on the drive and talent of the nations youth.
Over half of African youth do not have access to secondary education and technical and vocational training opportunities are scarce. Technical and vocational education and training (TVET) is a challenge in all African countries.In most countries the enrolment rate in formal TVET at secondary level is 5 percent or less. Non-formal TVET is predominant and often highly fragmented. Learning opportunities at the workplace, non-formal learning, private provision, and initiatives under various non-education sector ministries all tend to operate in a non-coherent way.
Governments and international institutions are paying increasing attention to TVET (it is one of eight priority areas in the African Union's Second Decade of Education (2006-2015).
But despite an increase in the number of African students in TVET, only a few governments in Africa are able to finance TVET at a level that can support quality training. The demand is enormous. Three out of five unemployed in sub-Saharan Africa are young people, mostly surviving in the informal economy.
Over half of African youth do not have access to secondary education and technical and vocational training opportunities are scarce. Technical and vocational education and training (TVET) is a challenge in all African countries.In most countries the enrolment rate in formal TVET at secondary level is 5 percent or less. Non-formal TVET is predominant and often highly fragmented. Learning opportunities at the workplace, non-formal learning, private provision, and initiatives under various non-education sector ministries all tend to operate in a non-coherent way.
Governments and international institutions are paying increasing attention to TVET (it is one of eight priority areas in the African Union's Second Decade of Education (2006-2015).
But despite an increase in the number of African students in TVET, only a few governments in Africa are able to finance TVET at a level that can support quality training. The demand is enormous. Three out of five unemployed in sub-Saharan Africa are young people, mostly surviving in the informal economy.
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