Strategic Reform Road-map for the Technical and Vocational Education and Training Sector in West Bengal

This report focuses on one of the key pillars of economic growth - namely, human development, and in particular, on skills development in West Bengal. It examines the current status of skills development, and potential ways forward for making the p...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Other Education Study
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACADEMIC FACULTY ACADEMIC PERSONNEL ACCESS TO LEARNING ACCESS TO TERTIARY EDUCATION ACCREDITATION ADULTS ADVANCED RESEARCH AGE GROUP AGE GROUPS AVERAGE WAGES BACKGROUND PAPERS BASIC LITERACY CAREER CAREER DEVELOPMENT CAREER PATHS CASUAL WORKERS CHILD DEVELOPMENT COLLEGES COMPUTER SKILLS CONTINUING EDUCATION CURRICULA CURRICULUM DEMAND FOR EDUCATION DISADVANTAGED GROUPS DISADVANTAGED YOUTH DROP-OUTS EDUCATION ACTIVITIES EDUCATION ATTAINMENT EDUCATION FOR ALL EDUCATION SECTOR EDUCATION SYSTEMS EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL QUALITY ELEMENTARY EDUCATION EMPLOYABILITY EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT GROWTH EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE SCHEME EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES EMPLOYMENT POLICY ENROLLMENT EXPORT-ORIENTED INDUSTRIES FAMILY LIFE FEMALE LABOR FEMALE LABOR FORCE FEMALE YOUTH FORMAL EDUCATION FORMAL EDUCATION SYSTEM FURTHER EDUCATION GENDER BIAS GENDER PARTICIPATION GENERAL EDUCATION GER GIRLS GROSS ENROLLMENT GROSS ENROLLMENT RATIOS HIGHER EDUCATION HIGHER INCOMES HIGHER LEVELS OF EDUCATION HIGHER PRODUCTIVITY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCE HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES ILLITERACY ILLITERATE YOUTH IN-SERVICE TRAINING INCENTIVES FOR GIRLS INDUSTRIAL TRAINING INFORMAL SECTOR INSTITUTIONAL AUTONOMY INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTRUCTORS INTERNSHIPS INTERVENTIONS INVESTMENTS IN EDUCATION JOB CREATION JOB LOSSES JOB STATUS JOB TRAINING JOBS LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET CHARACTERISTICS LABOR MARKET INFORMATION LABOR MARKET NEEDS LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LEARNERS LEARNING LEARNING OUTCOMES LEATHER INDUSTRIES LIFELONG LEARNING LIFELONG LEARNING SYSTEM LITERACY LITERACY RATE LITERACY RATIO LOCAL SCHOOLS LOW FEMALE PARTICIPATION LOW LEVELS OF EDUCATION MALE STUDENTS MIDDLE SCHOOL NEW ENTRANTS NON-FORMAL TRAINING NUMBER OF STUDENTS NUMERACY OCCUPATIONAL SKILLS OCCUPATIONS ON THE JOB TRAINING ON-THE-JOB TRAINING OPEN UNEMPLOYMENT PAPERS PARTICIPATION IN EDUCATION PARTICIPATION RATES POLYTECHNICS PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOLING PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS PRIVATE PROVIDERS PRIVATE PROVISION PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR PROVIDERS PRIVATE SECTOR TRAINING PRIVATE TRAINING PRIVATE TRAINING INSTITUTIONS PRIVATE TRAINING PROVIDERS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS PUBLIC TRAINING QUALITY ASSURANCE QUALITY ASSURANCE SYSTEMS RESEARCHERS RETAIL TRADE RIGHT TO EDUCATION RURAL AREAS RURAL EMPLOYMENT RURAL POPULATION SCHOLARSHIPS SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SCHOOL SYSTEM SCHOOLS SECONDARY CERTIFICATE SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOLS SECRETARIES SERVICE SECTORS SERVICE TRAINING SHORT-TERM TRAINING SKILL DEVELOPMENT SKILLED LABOR SKILLED WORKFORCE SKILLS DEVELOPMENT SKILLS TRAINING STUDENT LOANS SURVIVAL RATE TEACHER TEACHER RECRUITMENT TEACHER TRAINING TEACHERS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNICAL EDUCATION TECHNICAL SKILLS TERTIARY EDUCATION TERTIARY SECTORS TOTAL EMPLOYMENT TOTAL LABOR FORCE TRAINEES TRAINING CENTERS TRAINING COURSES TRAINING CURRICULA TRAINING DELIVERY TRAINING INSTITUTES TRAINING INSTITUTIONS TRAINING MARKET TRAINING MATERIALS TRAINING NEEDS TRAINING PROGRAMS TRAINING PROVIDERS TRAINING QUALITY TRAINING SYSTEM TYPES OF EDUCATION UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNIVERSAL ENROLLMENT UNIVERSITY GRANTS UPPER PRIMARY GRADES VOCATIONAL EDUCATION VOCATIONAL TRAINING VOCATIONAL TRAINING COURSES WAGE EMPLOYMENT WORKERS YOUNG PEOPLE YOUTH YOUTH EMPLOYMENT YOUTH LABOR YOUTH PARTICIPATION YOUTH POPULATION YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/06/19777511/india-improving-technical-vocational-education-training-west-bengal-india-improving-technical-vocational-education-training-west-bengal http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20135

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Summary:	This report focuses on one of the key pillars of economic growth - namely, human development, and in particular, on skills development in West Bengal. It examines the current status of skills development, and potential ways forward for making the production of skills in the state more aligned to its economic growth needs. More specifically, the report investigates the characteristics of the technical and vocational education and training system that produces skills, how these skills match up in quantity and quality with what is in demand from employers in the organized and informal sectors, governance and quality assurance systems, emerging partnerships between the government and private providers of skills, and the availability of financial resources for skills development. Based on the findings from primary surveys, secondary data analysis, in-depth consultations with stakeholders, and declared policy priorities, the report provides a strategic framework and a time-based implementation road-map for reforming and reorienting technical and vocational education and training in West Bengal. This task was undertaken at the specific request of the new Government of West Bengal (GOWB) who took office in 2011. The GOWB wanted to know how to improve the quality of vocational and technical education and training in the state, and provide greater access to skill development to more young people. The request was formally transformed into a Non-Lending Technical Assistance (TA) with the Education Unit of the World Bank's New Delhi office. This report is one key output of the TA which covered a range of activities including bringing on board national and international expertise on various TVET issues, consultations with a variety of public and private sector stakeholders in the state, a series of learning and dissemination workshops, and partnerships with organizations who are engaged in this sector.

Strategic Reform Road-map for the Technical and Vocational Education and Training Sector in West Bengal

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