EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT FACT SHEET

SUMMARY:

The TVET program is an $8 million USAID-funded program implemented primarily by Save the Children US with Mercy Corps as a sub-grantee. The TVET program will be implemented over a four year period commencing September 30, 2007. It aims at improving non-governmental technical and vocational education and training in the West Bank.  Overall objective of the program is to improve the quality and the relevance of education at NGO TVET institutions, which are members of the TVET League, to enable them to meet the labor market’s demand for skilled technicians both in the West Bank and in neighboring countries. The TVET program will have the following specific objectives, which shall contribute directly to the ultimate goal of improving the quality and relevance of the Vocational and Technical education:
 

• Increase the relevance of non-governmental technical and vocational education and training to meet the needs of the labor market.

• Improve the quality of teaching, learning outcomes, and enrollment rates at non-governmental technical and vocational institutions.

• Forge practical partnerships between non-governmental TVET institutions and key private sector actors to create more practical learning opportunities and build professional networks.

• Change public perception of technical and vocational education to reduce the social stigma attached to the sector.

TVET Program Components:

• Improving the administration capacity of the TVET institutions: Increase the capacity of the League to function as a coordinating mechanism among the private vocational institutes and the management capacity of the NGO vocational institutes to better manage their facilities. 

• Upgrading the TVET institutions’ facilities: Provide training software, computers, servers, furniture, and teaching-aid materials to TVET institutions. 

• Institutionalization of Education Relationships with the Private Sector: Forge linkages between the TVET institutions with private sector firms to revitalize of the TVET education.  Linkages should be established based on mutual benefit so relationships will maintain and develop over time.

• Developing and Supporting a Career Resources Center (CRC): Develop a career resources center to systemize and formalize the relationship between private sector firms and TVET institutions and provide career counseling.

• Launching a TVET Awareness Campaigns: Improve the public image of TVET in the West Bank through launching a public awareness campaign. The campaign shall influence the public understanding of technical and vocational education by informing the community of its benefits, and to contribute to an increase in demand for prospective participants pursuing practical TVET opportunities.

• Building Business Knowledge and Entrepreneurial Skills: Introduce business education to the TVET schools to provide graduates with basic life skills and the business knowledge to market themselves, search for employment opportunities, and establish their own businesses.