Essays about: "Vocational Education training"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 26 essays containing the words Vocational Education training.

  1. 6. The role of Vocational Skills Training in promoting women’s empowerment and gender equality to reduce poverty for sustainable development in Ghana

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper

    Author : Irene Danso Boahene; [2021]
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    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of vocational skills in promoting women‟s empowerment and gender equality to reduce poverty in Ghana. The purposive and snowball sampling techniques were used to select 15 interviewees for the study. Semi-structured interview was employed to elicit responses for the study. READ MORE

  3. 7. Reimagining the purpose of vocational education and training : the perspective of ITI students in the National Capital Region of India

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Sarah Stadler; [2020]
    Keywords : vocational education and training; skill development; capabilities; functionings; agency; freedom; human development; industrial training institutes; India; youth; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Vocational education and training (VET) is generally believed to be a tool for the promotion of youth employability ('VET for work') and economic productivity ('VET for growth'). This rather narrow understanding has been challenged by a growing number of development scholars, who argue that it fails both theoretically (to capture the complex nature of human beings), and practically (to attract a larger number of beneficiaries to VET). READ MORE

  4. 8. Private Returns to University Studies, Educational Choices and Youth (Un)Employment: The Case of Tunisia

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Christina Hauser; [2019]
    Keywords : Returns to education; Mincer earning regressions; Tunisia; Middle East and North Africa; Emigration;

    Abstract : The private returns to education in the Middle East and North Africa have been found to be the lowest worldwide. Considering the low monetary gains associated with university-level studies, why do Arab youth continue to invest so much in their education? Using the most recent data available, I show that the returns to university education in Tunisia are indeed very low. READ MORE

  5. 9. Botswana's Ownership over the Development Cooperation with the European Union: Technical and Vocational Education and Training and the Cooperation of Stakeholders

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Maximilian Blasek; [2019]
    Keywords : EU Development Cooperation; Ownership; Botswana; Development Policy; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The development research has stressed the importance of technical and vocational education and training for systemic progress in a society. However, proscribed donor-centred solutions often fail to deliver the expected result. READ MORE

  6. 10. Implications for Sami Rights if Sweden Ratified ILO Convention No. 169

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Maja Perdegård; [2019]
    Keywords : ILO; International Labour Organization; Convention No. 169; Indigenous Peoples; Sami; Reindeer Herding; Reindeer Husbandry; Sami Parliament; Human Rights; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Sweden has received substantial criticism from several international organs on how the Sami people is treated. These international organs often recommend Sweden to ratify ILO Convention No. 169, which is the only instrument concerning indigenous peoples specifically which is open for ratification today. READ MORE