Oecd
Published: 2014-11-18
Total Pages: 130
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Vocational education and training (VET) programmes are facing rapid change and intensifying challenges. How can employers and unions be engaged? How can workbased learning be used? How can teachers and trainers be effectively prepared? How should postsecondary programmes be structured? This country report on South Africa looks at these and other questions. Chapters cover the following areas: Chapter 1. Prospects for youth - the challenge for South Africa; Chapter 2. Simplifying vocational pathways; Chapter 3. Building partnership between vocational training and the economy; Chapter 4. Reforming funding arrangements; Chapter 5. Strengthening professional development for vocational teachers and college leaders; Chapter 6. Supporting completion and transition