Can$20M grant to upgrade TVET programme

May 28, 2011 News

Under the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Education for Employment (C-EFE) programme Guyana is one of 12 Caricom states to benefit from a Can$20 million grant to advance their Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) agendas.
The five-year programme funded by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) is being executed by the Association for Caribbean Community Colleges (ACCC).
Recently, a delegation from ACCC, including representatives from the Caribbean Association of National Training Agencies (CANTA), briefed Education Minister, Shaik Baksh, on the status of the programme at his 26 Brickdam Office.
The delegation was also informed about Guyana’s readiness to benefit from the programme which will focus on addressing key areas of need in TVET.
These, among other things, include the re-tooling of TVET centres which were not included in present programme design, the development of a labour market strategy for information sharing, support for training of teachers in TVET, quality assurance, accreditation and certification, open and distance learning and the integration of technology in the teaching and learning process.
The team will be here again in July to commence work on the programme and a specialist is expected to pilot the local component. The programme is expected to commence in the last quarter of this year.
The C-EFE programme is geared to support Caribbean educational and training institutions to move from a generally more traditional, academic, supply-driven system to a more responsive, applied, demand-driven system that equips learners with skills for jobs of the future.
The ultimate outcome of the initiative is increased economic growth due to a more competitive, productive and gender equitable workforce in the Caribbean.
The programme was co-designed by ACCC and CIDA. The co-design partners include regional bodies, national ministries, institutions providing skills for employment, accrediting bodies and representatives from employers associations.
It is a regional programme that supports the consolidation and growth of the existing regional bodies and standards into engines of regional collaboration, efficiency and growth in the training sector.

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