[TVET Pacific] FW: Ranking of TVET: Call for Best Practice: In many countries, TVET still lacks recognition as an integral component of the national education system. This often reflects the relatively low social prestige of vocational qualifications and of manual work

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Date: Thu Mar 07 2002 - 18:53:42


> Subject: Ranking of TVET: Call for Best Practice: In many
> countries, TVET still lacks recognition as an integral component of
> the national education system. This often reflects the relatively low
> social prestige of vocational qualifications and of manual work ("bl
>
> Ranking of TVET: Call for Best Practice: In many countries, TVET still
> lacks recognition as an integral component of the national education
> system. This often reflects the relatively low social prestige of
> vocational qualifications and of manual work ("blue collar jobs").
> Thus socio-economic development is hampered by a lack of vocationally
> qualified human resources. In order to facilitate access to TVET for
> all, there is a need to increase its reputation as an important
> contributor to the alleviation of poverty, particularly in developing
> countries.
> In line with Article 26 of the General Declaration of Human Rights,
> technical and vocational education shall be made generally available.
> Access to TVET for All will therefore be promoted as a strategy.
> The UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre would like to learn about
> examples of how policy makers and other key personnel in TVET have
> successfully promoted the case of TVET, no matter whether through
> attention-focusing events, political initiatives, legal or financial
> incentives, benchmarking exercises, awards, or open house events. The
> Centre would like to make such examples available to other interested
> parties in the worldwide UNEVOC Network.
> Should you know of such examples,
> kindly contact Mr Hans Krönner, e-mail: H.Kronner@unevoc.de
> <mailto:H.Kronner@unevoc.de>; fax [+49] (228) 2433777.
>



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