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Dec 06, 2015 03:24 PM
Author: ADB
Publishing Date:
2015
Category: Policy
ADB - 2015. This publication is a results of a partnership between ADB and the Colleges and Institutes Canada on skills development and TVET. It discussses the skills development approach in Canada and and analyzes what policy implications the Canadian success could have for Asian emerging economies.
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Dec 06, 2015 03:09 PM
Author: UNESCO/UNEVOC
Publishing Date:
2015
Category: Information Material
UNESCO/UNEVOC - 2015. This report summarizes the discussions of the virtual conference on “Delivering TVET through Quality Apprenticeships”. The virtual forum took place from 15 to 26 June 2015 on UNESCO-UNEVOC’s e-forum and brought together 229 participants from 70 countries. The report highlights issues such as the definition of quality, innovations and alternative forms of apprenticeships as a form of work-based learning, financing and governance, and curriculum development.
Daily Times, Islamabad, 2 December 2015 - Allama Iqbal Open University and Higher Education Commission (HEC) will jointly hold a national conference next month to prepare a national policy on Open Distance Learning (ODL) system.
The Sydney Morning Herald (online), 1 December 2015 - The Turnbull government will freeze payments to private colleges as an emergency measure in an early move to overhaul the scandal-plagued vocational loans scheme.
The Economic Times, Mumbai, 30 November 2015 - TeamLease Skill University, India's first vocational education university has signed a MoU with the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Government of India to promote apprenticeship in the country.
The Sydney Morning Herald (online), 30 November 2015 - One of Australia's largest private colleges, which boasted to a Senate committee that it was a poster-boy for the vocational education industry, allegedly signed up new students without their knowledge or consent, a government regulator has found.
The Nation, Ubon Ratchathani, 30 November 2015 - Regional initiative aimed at providing students with the training to become skilled workers.
Economynext, Colombo, 27 November 2015 - The Asian Development Bank has recommended Sri Lanka encourage private sector involvement in curriculum development and teaching in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutes to build a more productive labour pool.
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Nov 30, 2015 03:54 AM
Author: ADB
Publishing Date:
2015
Category: Information Material
ADB - 2015. This brief discusses open educational resources (OERs) in the Asia Pacific region based on an ADB study that reviewed the uptake of OERs in six institutions in Hong Kong, China, India, Malaysia, Pakistan and Thailand.
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Nov 30, 2015 03:50 AM
Author: ADB
Publishing Date:
2015
Category: Information Material
ADB - 2015. This brief discusses how ADB developing member countries in Asia and the Pacific have been utilizing Public-Private Partnerships for developing and delivering ICT for education services. It does so through describing seven initiatives from the region.
Sydney Morning Herals (online), 26 November 2015 - Up to 12,000 vocational education students across Australia are in limbo after the collapse of major private college owner Vocation Ltd.
UNESCO Bangkok News (online), 25 November 2015 - The unique public private partnership between Myanmar's Ministry of Education, UNESCO and PepsiCo continues to break new ground in Myanmar, preparing youth for in demand job opportunities whilst at the same time developing the capacity of Myanmar's education and training system to respond to both industry and learner needs.
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Nov 27, 2015 03:07 AM
Author: ILO Regional Skills Programme for Asia and the Pacific
Publishing Date:
2015
Category: CoP Product
ILO - 2015. The December edition of the Skills and Employability Network Update. The issue features articles and resources about skills and employability in the region.
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Nov 27, 2015 04:43 AM
Author: Ra, S., B. Chin, and A. Liu
Publishing Date:
2015
Category: Policy
ADB - 2015. This report examines six global shifts and trends that have had an impact on either skills supply and/or skills demand in Asia.
The Daily Star (online), 24 November 2015 - Over the next two years, the ILO will train 12,000 apprentices in areas of tourism and hospitality, agro food processing, ceramics, furniture and pharmaceuticals with 20 million Canadian dollars from the Canadian International Development Agency.
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