20 Aug 2012
India's Approach to the Certification of Vocational Skills
By Rashmi Agrawal, Director,Institute of Applied Manpower Research, India.
The skills development and certification system in India has been described as ‘fragmented’ due ... Read More
15 Aug 2012
New Trends in International Cooperation in TVET
By Kenneth King and Robert Palmer.
Despite the rise in interest in technical and vocational education and training (TVET) world-wide there has ... Read More
08 Aug 2012
The Busan Discourse on Results, Effectiveness, Impact, and Value for Money: what do they Mean for Emerging Donors?
By Soyeun Kim, University of Leeds & Re-shaping Development Institute, S. Korea.
“Over 2,000 delegates are reviewing global progress in improving the ... Read More
02 Aug 2012
Whose Development Results Count? By Fred Carden
By Fred Carden, IDRC.
“It is not about your project; it is about my country”.
© J. Strecker
This comment was made by a Mauritanian ... Read More
30 Jul 2012
Value for Money in Education
By Chris Winch, Kings College London.
The question of ‘Value for Money’ for education is rightly a matter of public concern. In recent ... Read More
23 Jul 2012
Beyond the Impoverishment of Vocational Education and Training for Development
By Simon McGrath.
Given this year is seeing both a major rethink of Vocational Education and Training (VET) and of development, it is ... Read More
16 Jul 2012
Life After 2015: Who is Speaking, and Who is Listening?
By Barbara Trudell, SIL Africa Area.
The existence and possible features of a post-2015 global education agenda is the hot topic in education ... Read More
11 Jul 2012
Training the Poor in Times of Unemployment
By Claudio de Moura Castro.
Amongst respected researchers, there is ample consensus that training does not create jobs. Therefore, if in a given ... Read More
05 Jul 2012
TVET for a Changing World: Global Developments, Local Resonance
By Qian Tang.
After a period of neglect, technical and vocational education and training (TVET) is now firmly on the agenda of governments ... Read More
02 Jul 2012
Towards a New Global World of Skills Development? Or to Boldly Go Where TVET has Gone Before?
By Robert Palmer and Kenneth King.
A few decades ago technical and vocational education and training (TVET) formed a central part in the ... Read More