Employability Skills in TVET
Rt Hon Charles Clarke
Visiting Professor of Politics
University of East Anglia
Importance of Education for All
• Accelerating world change
– Technological and Economic
– Political and Social
– Global Community
• International Competition
• Forward Not Back
• Enjoy and Engage
WISE Presentation
2
Summary
•
•
•
•
Education throughout life
What is Employability
Making It Happen
Conclusion
Education throughout life
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Pre-school
Primary / Secondary
Skills / Further Education
University
Continuous Professional Development
Lifelong learning
Remedial
Employability
• Basic education
• Personal qualities
• Sector specific skills
Basic education
•
•
•
•
•
Language (Arabic)
Mathematics
Science
Other languages (eg English)
General Education (History, Geography etc)
Personal qualities
• Personal Discipline
– Timekeeping
– Courtesy and respect
– Integrity
– Reliability
• Articulacy
– Writing
– Verbal
Sector specific skills
• Technical Education
• Professional qualifications
• International relevance, eg
– Finance
– Oil, gas, energy
– Engineering
Making it Happen
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Partnership
Dialogue
Pedagogic model
Student motivation
High Quality Teachers
Modern resources
Finance
Institutional structure
Partnership
•
•
•
•
•
Problems of misunderstanding
Education / Work divide
School/College + Employers + Government
Sector Skills Councils, UK model
Engagement with Schools/ Colleges
Dialogue
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Curriculum Content
Qualifications framework
Location of education/training
Timetabling of education/training
Length of course / time commitment
Work experience
Finance
Pedagogic model
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Location, College / Workplace
Teaching / Tutorial pattern
Group / individual tuition
Role of distance learning
Support systems
Pattern of study
Place of Personal study
Student motivation
•
•
•
•
•
•
Ambition and career path
Academic and personal support
Personal financial support / scholarships etc
Excitement / engagement
Support of family, friends and community
Advice and counselling
High Quality Teachers
• Quality / Numbers: Fewer / Better
• Recruitment
• Initial Training
– Academic Theory
– Classroom Practice
• Continuous Professional Development
– Whose responsibility
– ICT
WISE Presentation
14
Modern Resources
• ICT / Distance learning
• Blackboard / Whiteboard
• Educational Partnerships
WISE Presentation
15
Finance
•
•
•
•
Business model to fund study
State support / payment
Employer support / payment
Individual support / payment
Institutional structure
•
•
•
•
Promotes partnership?
Raises standards of pedagogy?
Motivates students?
Realistic and stable business model?
Conclusion
•
•
•
•
Employability is a broad concept
We live in a world of change
Education / work dialogue is central
We need lifelong learning