enabling the students and teachers to interact with each other anywhere at anytime. In addition, the easy access of Internet is helping students to gain more information and conduct researches. Also, having many applications in one device is making education easier. For example, my 8 years-old brother is using Adnan the Holy Quran Teacher to help him memories the Holy Quran. On the other hand, smartphones can cause addiction to entertainment application, which leads to distraction to the learning environment
Volkswagen group provides vocational training for its employees where employees whose work activities are based on similar technical skills, who need related expertise in order to perform their task, thus lay down the practical and interdisciplinary skills for each task. Employees are encouraged to develop skills throughout their working lives and deepen their knowledge by achieving credentials which is offered by Volkswagen group. Volkswagen group provides dual vocational training where theory and
have achieved the goal of universal primary education and others are moving closer to this goal and building a pipeline of young people who expect to pursue further education and training to improve their chances for employment and better earnings. India is moving swiftly in this path through “Sarva Shikhsa Abhiyan” and has started taking its baby steps towards structured skill development in the country through the formation of National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) and Sector skill councils
Technical and vocational education and training (TVET) refers to education and training that graduates students for a useful employment (Finch and Crunkilton 1999). In other words, TVET would make people more productive in designated areas of financial activity (e.g. occupations, economic sectors and specific work tasks). It has the possible to develop trainer’s capabilities and increase people choices. Also, the TVET opportunities should be distributed fairly between all the community spectra. However
performance based institutional training model coupled with controlled on-on-the-job training and experience” (Kraak 2004a). This model was needed in order to provide better co-ordination of trade-training nationally as well as to introduce a “system of vocational training” nationally (Karak 2004b). This programme was intended to be more structured and intuitionally-based, it aimed to produce learners who would possess the necessary skills to meet the demands of the ever growing and progressing South African
business, Siemens needs people with first class level of skills, knowledge and capability in IT, business, engineering and other related fields. Siemens constantly need high skills; it is working on this need through training and development. Within Siemens, training and development works to increase performance and competency by providing new or enhanced
2006, p. 3). Educational planning, as in every planning, has a huge importance to support education success and to ensure qualified outcomes that meet the needs of the students and society as well. Coombs (1970, p.14) defines educational planning as follows: Educational planning, in its broadest generic sense, is the application of rational, systematic analysis to the process of educational development with the aim of making more effective and efficient in responding to the needs and goals of
Challenges to Skill Development in India Skill development refers to all the efforts to improve the effectiveness and contribution of labour to the overall productivity as well as production, which lead the economy to a higher path. The skill development has been a hot topic in current times in our country. What triggered such focus? Mainly two things as follows: Demographic dividend Expansion of knowledge based economy Demographic dividend was indicated by the changing demographic profiles of India
critical importance to advance the competitive advantage which is so desperately lacking in many nations. In this global 21st century environment, education must be preparing people for uncertainty; preparing people who are adaptable, flexible and multi-skilled. Integrating Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) into the general education curriculum can act as the catalyst to equip the country’s human resources with the necessary skills to be competitive. The objective of this paper is
In this context of skill development, vocational Training for Women Skill development for employability should be used as an agent of change in promoting women’s employment. Women face a multitude of barriers in accessing skills and productive employment, remaining on the job due to effect of globalization or otherwise and advancing to higher level jobs, as well as returning to the labour market after a period of absence spent, for example, in raising children. A policy of non-discrimination should