A change of education policy.

Implementation of the policy

Adequate provision of modernized equipment

Training and retraining of staff.

Review of syllabus keeping in view practical application

Inclusion of new tools and techniques

Multiple Industry internship

corporate/commercial partnerships

some forms of internships or work-study

The curriculum needs to be designed in such a structure that it comprises components for work practises/internships. It ought to be tailored with whats on the demand side, required skills in the industrial sector. Trainers also needs to engage in learning session in the industrial sector to stay along with current technologies in use

Below are the wayforward to improve VTE in a developing country.

1. Adequate implementation of VTE curriculum: government should ensure that there is an orientation in form of sensitization to the non-vocational principals so as to change their attitude towards vocational subjects.

2. Teacher Education Programme: for quality assurance in teaching of students in vocational and technical subjects, there is need to have high quality teachers to impart high quality knowledge, skills in competencies that are required in Vocational and Technical Education. Teacher education should aim at producing high quality teachers who are well equipped with variety and effective ways of teaching in and out of school setting. Also, there should be opportunity to train the untrained and re-train the trained. A system of feedback should be devised to monitor deficiencies present in vocational teachers and effort made to remedy, observed lapses through seminars, workshops, in-service training etc.

3. Provision of Facilities: To teach Vocational and Technical Education, there must be adequate provision of facilities in terms of space, equipments, to ensure quality of education in VTE. The training environment should be like the work environment. Teaching with real materials and real situation can help to encourage the students to learn and enhance quality.

4. Adequate Funding of Vocational and Technical Education: VTE needs to be funded adequately to enable the programme achieve its aim of empowering the learners after graduation. The funding needs of VTE are quite enormous and they need to be addressed promptly, these needs include the purchase of equipment and materials for teaching, maintenance of equipment, funding of students work experience scheme, payment of allowances to Vocational and Technical teachers. Also, the government should provide funds for vocational education to have a meaning in the country. Effort should be made by the schools to generate funds through Parents Teacher Association (PTA), host community contribution, etc.

5. Teachers’ Motivation: Teachers in Vocational and Technical Education should be motivated to enjoy the profession instead of enduring it in their salaries, allowances and their entitlements like promotions, in-service training should be given to them as at when due. The vocational teacher should be encouraged in order to ensure this optimum performance of the job which will ensure quality teaching in schools.

Thanks so much for your responses

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TVET Can be improved in developing countries through, adequate funding , school industry collaboration and improve in the course content to meet the current need of the society