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Session 3 Presentation of the analytical work on post primary education

ADEA’s 2008 Biennale on Education in Africa Beyond primary education: Challenges and approaches for expanding learning opportunities in Africa. Session 3 Presentation of the analytical work on post primary education Youth Employment and the World of Work: What Skills Need to be Developed?

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Session 3 Presentation of the analytical work on post primary education

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  1. ADEA’s 2008 Biennale on Education in Africa Beyond primary education: Challenges and approaches for expanding learning opportunities in Africa Session 3Presentation of the analytical work on post primary education Youth Employment and the World of Work:What Skills Need to be Developed? Presenters: Hans Krönner, Richard Walther 1

  2. ADEA’s 2008 Biennale on Education in Africa Beyond primary education: Challenges and approaches for expanding learning opportunities in Africa The Economic and Social Realities • Largely informal economy, enterprisesand jobs • Mostly rural population and activities • High demand for adaptationto an increasingly global market • Strong need for quality, entrepreneurshipand added value 2

  3. ADEA’s 2008 Biennale on Education in Africa Beyond primary education: Challenges and approaches for expanding learning opportunities in Africa The Economic and Social Realities Share of the informal economy:between 30% and 60% of GDP 3

  4. ADEA’s 2008 Biennale on Education in Africa Beyond primary education: Challenges and approaches for expanding learning opportunities in Africa The Realities of PPE (1) • Many young people unable to go to school • A formal TVET with little resourcesand weak impact • Serious difficulties of social andprofessional integration among the youth • A world of work that shows preferencefor the less trained and less qualified 4

  5. ADEA’s 2008 Biennale on Education in Africa Beyond primary education: Challenges and approaches for expanding learning opportunities in Africa The Realities of PPE (2) Training of young people entering into the labor market Formal training(about 5%) Informal ornon-formal training (95%) • On-the-job training • Self training • Traditional apprenticeship 5

  6. ADEA’s 2008 Biennale on Education in Africa Beyond primary education: Challenges and approaches for expanding learning opportunities in Africa On-going Changes in PPE • Country strategies incorporating formal,non formal and informal training • Strong rise in alternativevocational training mechanisms • Emergence of public-private partnerships • Increasing demand for skills associated with local, sector-wide and rural development 6

  7. ADEA’s 2008 Biennale on Education in Africa Beyond primary education : Challenges and approaches for expanding learning opportunities in Africa Challenges (1) • Define, design and implement policies, mechanisms and content of training through partnerships • Invest more and better in the trainingof young people as well as of adults • Put in place a national qualifications frameworkto certify skills acquired formally, non-formallyand informally • Make vocational education and trainingmore attractive 7

  8. ADEA’s 2008 Biennale on Education in Africa Beyond primary education : Challenges and approaches for expanding learning opportunities in Africa Challenges (2) • Foster access and integrationof out-of-school youth, girls and ex-soldiers… • Better training and qualificationfor better integration • Train young people to take initiative, be autonomous and have an entrepreneurial spirit • Train young people in strategicand promising vocations 8

  9. ADEA’s 2008 Biennale on Education in Africa Beyond primary education : Challenges and approaches for expanding learning opportunities in Africa For a Renovated System of PPE • How to set up a system in a process of partnership? • How to embed diverse training avenues in a coherent overall system? • How to link economic effectiveness and social equity? 9

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