Full Description
Vocational education and training (VET) are major stepping stones in the development journey of any nation. A carefully structured and implemented VET system ensures skill development and equips the existing and prospective workforce with the necessary technical proficiency, thereby reducing unemployment and increasing productivity.
This handbook is designed to provide the readers with a comprehensive understanding of the ways in which VET has been implemented in both highly developed and developing countries around the globe, including Germany, Japan, China, India, and countries in Africa and Latin America, among others. It looks at how VET plays a crucial role in empowering a nation, acts as a comparative advantage, and contributes to nation-building. In the process, it highlights the best practices and fallacies related to VET and showcases how effective vocational training can allow countries to confront existing deficits in employment and decent work.
This detailed handbook will be of interest to policymakers, government officials, and corporate executives working in education, education policy, curriculum, teaching and learning, adult education and lifelong learning, and classroom practice. It will also be valuable to technical education students and those working with executive training programmes, public sector enterprises and NGOs related to VET.
Contents
1. How Does Vocational Education Transforms Nations? 2. VET in Germany - The Gold Standard 3. VET in the United Kingdom - The Pioneers of the Industrial Revolution 4. VET in Scandinavia - Divergent Models of VET 5. VET in the United States of America (U.S.A.) - Opportunities for Alternative Employment 6. VET in Japan -The Creation of Industrial Manpower 7. VET in China - Promoting Skilled Talents 8. VET in India - Harnessing the Demographic Dividend 9. VET in South Korea - The Miscellaneous Schools 10. VET in ASEAN - The Unique Catalyst for Growth 11. VET in Australia - The Way Towards Lifelong Learning 12. VET in Latin America - Towards a New Pathway 13. VET in Africa - Avenues of Employment Generation 14. Epilogue Index
