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Rationale
for NAVTEC
NAVTEC Ordinance
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Here to View NAVTEC Ordinance )
About NAVTEC
· National apex body for Technical & Vocational Education
& Training (TVET)
· Ordinance promulgated November 8, 2006
· Policy making by Board of Directors (members:
key ministries, provincial governments and industry)
· Placed in the Prime Minister’s Office
The Need for NAVTEC
· Paucity of labour market information and disconnect with
training
· Fragmented and uncoordinated delivery of technical and vocational
training
· Lack of evaluation of efficiency and outcomes of training
institutions
· Weak participation of private sector in policy making and
training delivery
· Nonexistence of employment placement data of trainees
NAVTEC Objectives
· To regulate, facilitate and provide coordinated & integrated
policy direction for TVET
· To shift from supply-oriented to demand-driven approach.
· Enhance the role of private sector in TVET implementation
& management
· To ensure TVET system is responsive to new technologies,
trades & training methods
Products
· National Qualifications Framework
· Training packages
· Apprenticeship programme
· Labour Market Information Systems
· Monitoring & evaluation mechanisms
· Sector Skill Advisory Committees
· Internationally recognised certification
NAVTEC & Providers of TVET
· Development of training providers’ capacity by additional
funding, capacity building, financial incentives and private
sector competition
· To guide the expansion of TVET provision through enrolment,
geographical coverage and number of occupations
· Accreditation of providers
· Capacity building of testing / examining authorities
NAVTEC Policy
· To make TVET responsive to industries’ demands, technological
advancements, and global trends
· To prepare policies and training plans in coordination with
stakeholders
· Move from academic type learning to competency based training
· Recognition of prior learning and formalizing the informal
sector
· Shift from supply oriented to demand led TVET
Progress made
· Needs Assessment
- Trainers’ capacity , Infrastructure, Industry skill shortages
· Development of Policy Framework
- Skill standards, Monitoring and evaluation, LMIS and related
surveys
· Special Initiatives
- Demand driven courses , Target courses for marganalized
groups
· Collection of baseline data
- Institutions , Geographical coverage, Skill levels taught,
Gender distribution, Teachers’ qualifications
What can NAVTEC offer?
Support in expansion of TVET provision (sectoral & geographical)
Standardised training packages
To form part of a National Qualifications Framework
International recognition
Capacity Building of Trainers
Workplace trainers’ and assessors qualifications
Master trainers
Coordination with other departments’ TVET activities
Training Fund for purchasing training by NAVTEC from private
providers
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