Armenia : Workforce Development
Armenia has made considerable efforts to reinforce its education and training systems' capacity to respond to the pressures of globalization and the challenges of a knowledge-based economy. This report presents a comprehensive diagnostic of th...
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| Format: | Publications & Research |
| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC
2015
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/24322066/saber-workforce-development-country-report-armenia-2014 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21757 |
| Summary: | Armenia has made considerable efforts to
reinforce its education and training systems' capacity
to respond to the pressures of globalization and the
challenges of a knowledge-based economy. This report
presents a comprehensive diagnostic of the country's
workforce development (WfD) policies and institutions to
inform policy dialogue on this important issue. The results
are based on a new World Bank tool designed for this
purpose. SABER-WfD, the tool is part of the World
Bank's initiative on systems approach for better
education results (SABER), the aim of which is to provide
systematic documentation and assessment of the policy and
institutional factors that influence the performance of
education and training systems. It examines three crucial
dimensions of the WfD system: strategic framework, system
oversight, and service delivery. The SABER-WfD tool
encompasses initial, continuing, and targeted vocational
education and training that are offered through multiple
channels and focuses largely on programs at the secondary
and post-secondary levels. This report documents the results
of the use of the SABER-WfD tool in Armenia for the first
time. A key trend is that while the WfD system is producing
an increasingly highly educated workforce, graduates do not
possess the specific skills required by the labor market,
which are often lower-level skills and attainable through
shorter periods of education. Therefore, it is important to
continue with the system reforms that aim to increase the
quality of professional education and to bring it into
compliance with labor market demands as well as the
strategic educational and development objectives of the country. |
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