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As far as the organizers can judge, there was a very lively and fruitful exchange of ideas and knowledge on technical and vocational education and training and the respective teacher education during the workshop. Sri Lankan participants learned about experiences made in other countries during the past decades and international participants got an insight in the problems a country is facing, which is developing its TVET system virtually from scratch.
The major findings of the workshop are:
Regarding TVET in Sri Lanka
- In view of the experiences in Malaysia and other countries worldwide it is worthwhile to review, whether the NVQ-approach to TVET is an appropriate one for Sri Lanka. Malaysia for example, after 10 years of experience with a NVQ-type system, decided to try to migrate to a more holistic, apprenticeship-related system.
Regarding TVET teacher education in Sri Lanka
- For developing the TVET system it is essential to build up capacities for high level teacher and trainer education, but also for the development of high level TVET expertise.
- The concept of work-process-orientation was considered a viable approach to technical and vocational education, to TVET teacher education, and to TVET research.
- While regular TVET teacher/trainer competencies might be built up at the Bachelor level, a Master’s level is required to generate expertise for higher level personnel at TVET institutions as well as to build up and ensure a sustainable TVET expertise in the country that is able to educate future TVET teachers and trainers and to participate in the future development of the TVET system of Sri Lanka. Master level concepts should adhere to the Hangzhou framework in order to facilitate international cooperation.
- In building up this higher level expertise it is worthwhile to cooperate with other countries in the region, namely with the countries represented at the workshop, like Malaysia, Indonesia, Bangladesh, and China. The participants from South- and South-East-Asia agreed to have another working meeting in spring 2007 in order to continue the fruitful work initiated in Colombo.
The United TVET Network on Innovation and Professional Development (UNIP) is pleased about the positive reception of its ideas and concepts and the interest individuals showed in its work.
UNIP was also able to hold a board meeting after the end of the workshop. During this board meeting the next UNIP world conference was scheduled for beginning of December 2007, preferably to be held in Bonn, Germany; where the UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre is located.
The report on the workshop, prepared by Mrs Wang, Lan, is available for download as pdf-Document (screen version) here or also as a print version in the download section. |
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Updated Thursday, January 01, 2004 |
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