Channel NewsAsia, Singapore, 14 December 2015 - More than 200 mentors from at least 20 companies have joined the Industry Mentors' Network programme so far.
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Dec 16, 2015 04:10 AM
Author: Tanaka, Sakiko; Spohr, Christopher A.; D’Amico, Sandra
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Category: Policy
ADB - 2015. This working paper discusses developing human capital in Myanmar. Its focus is on health and education in the context of employment growth and an employment-enabling environment.
The Sydney Morning Herald (online), 14 December 2015 - A leading Canberra entrepeneur says the private training industry will "go to war" with the federal government over new laws and guidelines that he believes could kill the sector.
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Dec 14, 2015 08:05 AM
Author: Gunewardena, Dileni
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Category: Research
Centre for Universal Education at Brookings - 2015. THE 2015 ECHIDNA GLOBAL SCHOLARS
WORKING PAPER. The paper analyzes the 2012 World Bank STEP Skills Measurement survey, a rich data set that includes self-reported measures of cognitive and non-cognitive skills for all individuals of working age, to address these questions. The results indicate that although women have higher measured cognitive skills than men and the same level of skill as men in the non-cognitive ones that the market values—such as being agreeable and good at decision-making and risk-taking—the market treats men and women with the same skills differently.
The Express Tribune (online), 11 December 2015 - Strategies are being developed to make technical and vocation education effective, said a press release here on Thursday.
ADB News, Beijing, 10 December 2015 - Guizhou, one of the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC's) least developed provinces, has embarked on a $1.6 billion reform program of technical and vocational education and training (TVET) in partnership with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to build skills among the workforce and improve employment prospects for young people. Guizhou province and ADB have been developing this program since 2013, and ADB on 8 December approved a $150 million loan in support of the program.
The Nation, Islamabad, 10 December 2015 - CARE, a collaborative project funded by the European Union, has trained 4,620 rural women, young girls and boys and 270 TVET instructors to increase access of these rural women and youth to income generation activities through innovative TVET approaches.
The Economic Times, New Delhi, 9 December 2015 - A new report commissioned by London based skilling organisation City & Guilds Group indicates that India could benefit substantially from additional investment in vocational education and training (VET). However, a bias against vocational education, a lack of coherent delivery mechanisms at state level and a complex skills system is preventing it from reaching its full potential.
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Dec 11, 2015 03:39 AM
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ILO - 2015. This fact sheet describes a skills development project for temporarily displaced people in Pakistan. The project was developed as a response to the request of the Government of Pakistan for support on humanitarian grounds and it is funded by the ILO and UNDP.
This workshop is designed to build knowledge and allow the sharing of good practice about existing mechanisms of financing training, and the necessary conditions for acquiring appropriate funding for skills development. It provides opportunities for a South-South dialogue and for international agencies to share lessons learnt and cutting-edge knowledge. It embraces an exhaustive approach on financial initiatives.
ILO News, Dhaka, 8 December 2015 - The contribution of the International Labour Organization’s Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Reform Project to establishing a stronger skills development system in Bangladesh was recognized at a closing ceremony for the initiative held in Dhaka 7 December 2015.
ShanghaiDaily.com (online), 3 December 2015 - China has increased money going into vocational education, with good results in the past five years, according to an interim evaluation published yesterday.
Scoop (online), 4 December 2015 - Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce has welcomed the release of a report which aligns the levels of the qualifications frameworks of New Zealand and Australia.
The Sydney Morning Herald (online), comment, 3 December 2015 - The competition tsars and economists are pushing at an open governmental door when they argue more "human services" should be delivered by the private sector.
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Dec 06, 2015 03:17 PM
Author: Sasikumar, S. K. ; Thimothy, Rakkee. ; International Labour Organization. ; ILO DWT for South Asia and ILO Country Office for India
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2015
Category: Policy
GIZ and ILO - 2015. This publication discusses temporary labour migration looking specifically at labour demand, its relationship to skills and the impact of the recruitment process on demand and skill development. It focuses on the role of skills in India, including skills training, certification, skills matching and recruitment practices.
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