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Education, training and the traditional sector

The urban traditional sector (also known as the informal sector) accounts for between 30 and 60 per cent of the urban labour force. Various policies and reforms in education facilitate access to this sector and encourage the self-employment of school-leavers. Do education and training play a role in the development of, and acces to the traditional sector? Is there an impact on the productivity of workers and to decreasing unemployment? The authors conclude that adequate basic education for all is required and that on-the-job training seems to be fairly well organised.

The urban traditional sector (also known as the informal sector) accounts for between 30 and 60 per cent of the urban labour ...  Show Full Abstract  

Authors: Hallak, Jacques; Caillods, Francoise
Date: 1981
Resource type: Book
Series name: Fundamentals of educational planning
Subjects: Management; Teaching and learning

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Learning contexts of university and work: an evaluation of the effectiveness of cooperative education as a skills enhancement process

The cooperative education program at [Queensland University of Technology] QUT provides students with the opportunity to work in industrial, business and research organisations for a year in the middle of their degree. This study looks at what they learn, and how they learn it in the cooperative education experience. It also examines how the curriculum and teaching strategies prepared students for the work.

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Authors: Gardiner, Ronald; Singh, Parlo
Corporate authors: Australia. Department of Employment, Education and Training (DEET)
Date: 1991
Geographic subjects: Oceania; Queensland; Australia
Resource type: Report
Subjects: Career development; Students; Skills and knowledge;
Higher education; Industry show more

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