This report provides a detailed analysis of the financing of technical and vocational education and training (TVET) in the Republic of Vanuatu. The study, which was conducted in August and September 2012, forms part of a region-wide program, 'Research into the financing of TVET in the Pacific', initiated under Australia's international development assistance program in 2011. The aims of the program are to produce, in conjunction with host country governments and TVET stakeholders, a comprehensive empirical analysis of the existing systems for financing TVET in seven Pacific countries (Fiji, Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu), identify key financing issues within the region, and the policy implications they have for the future financing for TVET, to enable it to be more efficient and effective at both national and regional levels.
The report is structured in five main parts. Chapter two completes part one, 'Introduction', by providing a detailed description of the research approach used in Vanuatu, including the data collection instruments that were developed. Part two, 'Country background', contains chapter three that outlines the broad national context of Vanuatu. Part three, 'TVET in context', provides a detailed description of TVET institutions and activities in Vanuatu. It includes discussion of governance, quality assurance, enrolments and access to educational opportunities, and the role of TVET in economic and social developments. Part four, 'The financing of TVET', presents the main findings and analyses from the study. TVET funding and expenditure patterns and trends and unit costs are presented and analysed in chapters five to seven. The financial mechanisms that channel resources into and throughout the TVET sector are identified and analysed. Chapter eight details the study team's pilot survey on enterprise training and its funding. In part five, 'Issues and options', the overall conclusions of the study are summarised, key issues identified, and directions developed for consideration by the Government of Vanuatu, other TVET stakeholders, and development partners.
Further details on the study are provided in the annexes. Annex one provides the scope and objectives set out in the research brief. The members of the National Reference Group for the study are provided in annex two. Annex three provides the classification and coding systems used in the data collection and recording. Annex four includes the data collection templates developed for different aspects of the study.
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