Training For Self Employment Through Vocational Training Institutions

This book was written to help formal and informal sector trainers provide the prospective self-employed with both useful skills and business acumen, and to help vocational training managers and administrators address the challenges of reorienting their institutions to self-employment. Self-employment is fundamentally about business, however modest the micro-enterprises of the self-employed might appear to be. The book has four principal parts. Part l opens with a brief overview of enterprise development issues, and provides a framework to help projects, training institutions and education systems consider or plan self-employment programmes. Part ll is an overview of self-employment issues and options. Part lll offers a collection of case studies from Africa, India, and Latin America. The final section, Part lV, offers a synthesis of experiences to date and a systematic oway forwardo.

The purpose of this book is twofold: to show how a few programmes have used traditional training practices to create self-employment, and to provide some practical guidance for the many other programmes that will follow in their footsteps.

This book is the first that provides a comprehensive overview of the way countries, education systems and institutions have responded to the call for an integration of learning for work, citizenship and sustainability at the Second International Conference on Technical and Vocational Education which was held in Seoul in 1999. Discussions on the central theme of the Seoul Conference - lifelong learning and training for all, a bridge to the future – led to the conclusion that a new paradigm of both development and Technical and Vocational Education (TVET) was needed. This book showcases the wide range of international initiatives that have sought to put such exhortations into practice. It includes: case studies of national TVET policy reforms, reoriented curricula, sustainable campus management programs, and examples of innovative approaches to integrating learning in TVET with on-the-job training and in community service. It also focuses on the issues and challenges being faced and ways of moving forward. Case studies feature initiatives in a wide range of world regions and countries, and include authors from: UK, Germany, Finland, Canada, USA, Australia, South Africa, China, Republic of Korea, India, Pakistan and the Philippines.

This volume draws together two studies for the Department of Labour, a picture of the dynamism of many such firms emerges. Considerable learning is going on amongst the highly diverse VSME population and the challenge for the state lies in how to support what is already going on: how to spread it and how to avoid over-interference in enterprises whose success has typically been irrespective of, or in spite of external interventions. The Research Programme on Human Resources Development (HRD) at the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) aims to inform the development of skills that will meet national, social and economic needs. In addition to producing an HRD Review and an electronically accessible cross-sectoral warehouse, the Research Programme undertakes user-driven research in education and training, focusing on further and higher education and science, technology and education, with a strong emphasis on learning pathways - especially the transition between different levels of education and training, and between education and work.

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The Government Of India Has Initiated A Number Of Welfare Measures For The Benefit Of The Disabled In The Form Of Establishing Institutions And Launching Schemes For Their Socio-Economic Development. One Such Scheme Is Creation Of Special Employment Exchanges And Cells For Registering The Disabled And To Sponsor Them To Suitable Employment And Training. The Findings Are Presented In 10 Chapters. The Contents Of The Book Refer To The Welfare Programmes, Schemes Launched For The Disabled In India, Administrative Structure Of The Employment Exchanges, Profile Of The Employment Exchange Officers, Registered Disabled And Employed Disable And Preferences Of The Employment Of The Disabled. In Addition, It Also Describes The Functioning Of The Employment Exchanges In Terms Of Sponsoring For Employment, Its Performance As Viewed By The Functionaries And Target And Problems Of The Employment Exchanges. Lastly Provides Recommendations For Improving Its Quality Of Services. The Findings Of The Study Will Help The Administrators To Understand The Problems, Strengths And Weaknesses Of The Exchanges And Provide Tips For Strengthening Them To Cater To The Needs Of The Disabled Effectively.