Financing TVET in the East Asia and Pacific Region : Current Status, Challenges and Opportunities

The East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region is very diverse and there is a wide range in the extent to which firms across these countries identify the education level of their work force as being a major constraint. However, developing skills, including...

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Main Author: Palmer, Robert
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/494921508752195355/Financing-TVET-in-the-East-Asia-and-Pacific-Region-current-status-challenges-and-opportunities
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spelling okr-10986-285972021-05-25T09:05:04Z Financing TVET in the East Asia and Pacific Region : Current Status, Challenges and Opportunities Palmer, Robert TVET TECHNICAL TRAINING VOCATIONAL EDUCATION OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE SKILLS DEVELOPMENT LABOR MARKET EQUITY EDUCATION POLICY JOB CREATION The East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region is very diverse and there is a wide range in the extent to which firms across these countries identify the education level of their work force as being a major constraint. However, developing skills, including vocational and technical skills, and enhancing employability are clear strategic objectives in the EAP region.Countries in the region face strong pressures to expand their technical and vocational education and training (TVET) systems and enhance their quality, while also facing spending pressures on basic and higher education. As this demand increases, the need for sustainable financing for TVET becomes more urgent; this is not only about ensuring that sufficient and predictable revenue streams exist to fund training programs, but perhaps just as importantly about how financing mechanisms themselves can be strongly linked to achieving policyobjectives of making TVET systems more accessible, equitable, efficient, demand-driven,responsive and relevant. 2017-10-26T22:22:19Z 2017-10-26T22:22:19Z 2017 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/494921508752195355/Financing-TVET-in-the-East-Asia-and-Pacific-Region-current-status-challenges-and-opportunities http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28597 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Other Education Study Economic & Sector Work East Asia and Pacific
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topic TVET
TECHNICAL TRAINING
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
LABOR MARKET
EQUITY
EDUCATION POLICY
JOB CREATION
spellingShingle TVET
TECHNICAL TRAINING
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
LABOR MARKET
EQUITY
EDUCATION POLICY
JOB CREATION
Palmer, Robert
Financing TVET in the East Asia and Pacific Region : Current Status, Challenges and Opportunities
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description The East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region is very diverse and there is a wide range in the extent to which firms across these countries identify the education level of their work force as being a major constraint. However, developing skills, including vocational and technical skills, and enhancing employability are clear strategic objectives in the EAP region.Countries in the region face strong pressures to expand their technical and vocational education and training (TVET) systems and enhance their quality, while also facing spending pressures on basic and higher education. As this demand increases, the need for sustainable financing for TVET becomes more urgent; this is not only about ensuring that sufficient and predictable revenue streams exist to fund training programs, but perhaps just as importantly about how financing mechanisms themselves can be strongly linked to achieving policyobjectives of making TVET systems more accessible, equitable, efficient, demand-driven,responsive and relevant.
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author Palmer, Robert
author_facet Palmer, Robert
author_sort Palmer, Robert
title Financing TVET in the East Asia and Pacific Region : Current Status, Challenges and Opportunities
title_short Financing TVET in the East Asia and Pacific Region : Current Status, Challenges and Opportunities
title_full Financing TVET in the East Asia and Pacific Region : Current Status, Challenges and Opportunities
title_fullStr Financing TVET in the East Asia and Pacific Region : Current Status, Challenges and Opportunities
title_full_unstemmed Financing TVET in the East Asia and Pacific Region : Current Status, Challenges and Opportunities
title_sort financing tvet in the east asia and pacific region : current status, challenges and opportunities
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2017
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/494921508752195355/Financing-TVET-in-the-East-Asia-and-Pacific-Region-current-status-challenges-and-opportunities
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