The Australian, Sydney, 6 December 2017 - “Planned disinvestment” by states and territories is destroying Australia’s once vaunted vocational education and training system, Mitchell Institute tertiary education analyst Peter Noonan has warned.
UNESCO News (online), 6 December 2017 - UNESCO Myanmar and local agri-tech startup Greenovator have launched an upgraded version of a mobile application that puts a wealth of development information of people working in the country’s agricultural sector.
The World Bank, Washington, 1 December 2017 - Children with disabilities are being left behind by global efforts to improve education opportunities for all, as gaps between children with and without disabilities have increased dramatically in developing countries, according to new research from the World Bank and the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) released ahead of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities.
ABC News (online), 30 November 2017 - Almost 1 million jobs will be created in Australia over the next five years but there won't be enough skilled workers to fill them.
The Daily Telegraph (online), 26 November 2017 - THE key to tackling youth unemployment may be a good dose of reality.
MalayMail Online, Ipoh, 25 November 2017 - Lack of information and inadequate career guidance have contributed to the decline of non-academically inclined secondary students taking up vocational courses.
The Express Tribune, Lahore, 24 November 2017 - Punjab Finance Minister Dr Ayesha Ghaus Pasha said women participation in the mainstream economy was crucial for the overall socioeconomic uplift of Pakistan.
OECD News (online), 21 November 2017 - Girls are much better than boys at working together to solve problems, according to the first OECD PISA assessment of collaborative problem solving.
South China Morning Post, Hong Kong, 21 November 2017 - Educators say mindset change and better government funding would get more youngsters to pursue skills training to succeed in new economy.
Borneo Post Online, Kuala Lumpur, 20 November 2017 - Only seven per cent of students across the country take up Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) after their Form Three.
VietNamNet Bridge (online), 16 November 2017 - Nearly 150 foreign and domestic participants discussed education policies and the future of international education at the APEC Future Education Forum held on November 15 in Hanoi.
Myanmar Times (online), 15 November 2017 - VOCATIONAL schools don’t just give people a leg-up, they improve the employment rate, facilitate entrepreneurship and help sustain the value chain within the region.
XinhuaNet, Phnom Penh, 15 November 2017 - The Industrial Technical Institute (ITI) of Cambodia and the Zibo Vocational Institute (ZBVI) of China's Shandong Province signed here Wednesday a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in vocational education.
XinhuaNet, Beijing, 14 November 2017 - After an 18-hour contest against 30 competitors from around the world, 21-year-old Hu Ping won the gold medal in Fashion Technology at the 44th WorldSkills Competition. She cut her cloth well within the stipulated time and perfectly matched the pattern.
Viet Nam News, Ha Noi, 10 November 2017 - Nearly 1,400 educational managers and lecturers received training from experts from six different schools of the United Kingdom (UK) during the past three years.
Myanmar Times (online), 8 November 2017 - MANDALAY, Myanmar’s second largest city, is expected to become the country’s northern economic hub over the next two years. Yet, skills and talent in the city still lags behind Yangon and many cities in ASEAN. The brain drain and skills shortage are dragging its economic growth.
New Straits Times (online), 8 Nvember 2017 - “WHAT do you want to be when you grow up?” This is one question we have all been asked at one point in our lives, whether the answer requires a 350-word essay or just one-word, usually referring to a job.
The Nation, Lahore, 8 November 2017 - Better employable skills and improved technical and vocational education training (TVET) is only possible through active involvement of private sector and close collaboration with public sector; leading towards economic prosperity.
South China Morning Post (online), 7 November 2017 - Carrie Yau says it’s important to change the mindsets of parents and educators who see vocational training as ‘blue-collar’ education. In fact, it plays a vital role in Hong Kong’s development, and more is now being done to increase the academic opportunities for students who choose this path.
New Straits Times, Santubong, 4 November 2017 - Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) is gaining popularity among students and parents in the recent years.
