Synthetic analysis on the skills development and economic responsiveness role of education and training institutions in South Africa: towards an integrated public-private partnership strategy for skills development in the TVET college system
South Africa, like other emerging economies struggling with high unemployment, poverty, inequality and slow economic growth, is characterized by a disconnect between unfilled job vacancies, especially at the semi-skilled and skilled levels, and a very large proportion of young people between the ages of 18-24 who are not in any form of employment, education or training. Despite an increase in those who manage to access education and training institutions, drop-out rates are high, throughput rates are low, and not all those who graduate develop the right skills needed by employers. There is a g ... Show more
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Published: Pretoria, South Africa, Labour Market Intelligence Partnership, Human Sciences Research Council, 2017
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Physical description: vii, 57 p.
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