Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET)

Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET)

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Term2.png TECHNICAL VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING (TVET)
Education activity oriented to provide the necessary knowledge and skills to perform a job, an occupation, or a professional activity in the labour market. The technical and Vocational Education and Training refers to deliberate interventions to bring about learning which would make people more productive (or simply adequately productive) in designated areas of economic activity (e.g. economic sectors, occupations, specific work tasks).

TVET will also apply to other forms of education (which are not unique to TVET), e.g., knowledge, skills, insights and mindsets which are considered to be generally valuable for the learners of many areas of economic activity.

The distinctive objective and aim, which sets TVET apart from other forms of education and training, is the “work productivity”, as the only form of education which matters for performance in the workplace (looking on contents, methods and changes that take place within the production and labour world). [1]. Vocational training includes apprenticeships, as well as continuing professional development , closely linked to lifelong learning. [2]


Link icon.png Web Resources
Below you have a list of selected websites where you can find some detailed information:
Link Content
www.ilo.org Full information on CINTERFOR, the Inter-american Center for Knowledge Development in Vocational Training.
www.ilo.org Vocational Training map in Latin America, the Caribbean and Spain
www.ec.europa.eu/education Full information on the EU's 'Education and Training 2010' work programme to strengthen the provision of VET across Europe.


References

  1. www.ilo.org (19 March 2009)
  2. www.ec.europa.eu/education (19 March 2009)