Technical Education and Vocational Training in Developing Nations

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Okolie, Ugochukwu Chinonso, Yasin, Asfa M.
IGI Global, Jan 31, 2017 - Education - 363 pages

Severe economic depression and the difficulty to acquire employment with adequate income have significant impact on a nation’s social welfare. The need to provide ample educational opportunities is more imperative than ever, particularly in emerging economies.

Technical Education and Vocational Training in Developing Nations is a comprehensive reference source for the latest literature on optimizing the implementation of curriculum development and instructional design strategies for technical and vocational education. Featuring innovative coverage across a range of relevant topics, such as curriculum deficiency, teacher competencies, and accessible learning, this book is ideally designed for policy makers, academicians, researchers, advanced-level students, technology developers, and educators interested in the improvement of professional learning programs.

 

Contents

TVET in Developing Nations and Human Development
1
Rationale and Challenges of Technical Vocational Education and Training in Uganda
26
The Management Training and Development Programme Requirements of TVET School Administrators of Brunei Darussalam
45
Technological Challenges in Implementing TVET Programmes in Nigeria
65
Recent Framework of TVET Teacher Education in a Country on the Path to Reform
85
The TVET Scenario and Challenges Faced by the SAARC Nations
107
Current Trends and Issues in TVET of Bangladesh
128
A Study of the Problems Faced by Industrial Training Institutes ITI in India as Perceived by Different Stakeholders
151
Skill Space Mission India 2025
214
Quality TVET for Matching Needs of the Industry
236
Quality Concerns for Success of Vocational Education Programme
261
Technical and Vocational Education and Training
284
Relevance of Entrepreneurship in TVET
311
Compilation of References
334
About the Contributors
359
Index
362

Improving Higher Education Efficiency with Vocational Training Based on Alternation
177

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About the author (2017)

Ugochukwu Okolie is a TVET based researcher, who has worked in areas of unemployment reduction and jobs creation through technical and Vocational Education in developing countries. He has published in local and international journals and presented good number of research studies in major International Conferences. [Editor]

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