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Future ASEAN agenda for TVET

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is one of the largest economic communities in the world experien... Show more
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is one of the largest economic communities in the world experiencing rapid and stable growth since 2000. The lack of a dequately skilled workers is a crucial bottleneck for sustained growth and keeping companies competitive in line with technological change. Technical and vocational education and training (TVET) is recognised as an important element in strategies to close prevailing skills gaps, yet in practice the school-based TVET systems of ASEAN member states (AMS) rarely meet expectations and TVET graduates fail to live up to the demands of business and industry. The potential of engaging business and industry representatives in planning and delivery of TVET has been widely recognised by AMS. Yet cooperation between business and industry and the education sector remains scarce.
The ASEAN Secretariat with support from the German government's Regional Cooperation Programme for TVET in ASEAN (RECOTVET) initiated a regional learning process among AMS. The objective was to identify challenges and solutions to strengthening business and industry cooperation in TVET. As a concrete step, a regional working group was launched. It was comprised of TVET champions from business and industry from all ten ASEAN member states with support from the ASEAN Secretariat and the Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ). This publication puts forward the recommendations of the group across nine themes that are at the hears of the future ASEAN agenda for TVET: (1) enhancing the relevance and quality of TVET regulations and strategies; (2) establishing public-private models for skill standard development and assessments; (3) strengthening the leadership of business member organisations in TVET; (4) rebranding TVET; (5) mobilizing companies to engage in TVET; (6) ensuring sufficient funding for TVET; (7) improving the quality of training delivery; (8) deepening the collaboration of TVET schools with business and industry; and (9) intensifying research on TVET and future skills needs. Each recommendation outlines a specific activity or field of action that would either directly or indirectly strengthen the leadership of business and industry in TVET and ultimately contribute to improving the quality of TVET across the ASEAN region.
The agenda was presented to delegates of ASEAN member states at the 9th Regional Policy Dialogue on TVET in Bangkok, Thailand, in June 2019. To illustrate how the recommendations can be put into practice, case studies from ASEAN and beyond were presented and discussed by public and private sector stakeholder representatives [report available in VOCEDplus at TD/TNC 142.790].
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Authors: Seel, Franziska; Aprilio, Adrianus Yoza; Ninh, Bui Thi; Siti Rozaimeriyanty binti Dato Seri Laila Jasa Haji Abdul Rahman ... [+] Show more

Date: 2019

Geographic subjects: Asia; Brunei; Cambodia ... [+] Show more

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Subjects: Vocational education and training; Workforce development; Industry ... [+] Show more

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Future ASEAN agenda for TVET