Demand and supply of skills in Ghana : how can training programs improve employment and productivity? / / Peter Darvas and Robert Palmer

• Autore: Darvas Peter
• Pubblicazione: Washington, District of Columbia : , : The World Bank, , [2014]
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xix, 185 pages) ; 26 cm
• Disciplina: 370.113
• Soggetto topico: Vocational education - Administration - Ghana; Education and training services industry; Occupational training
• Soggetto geografico: Ghana
• Persona (resp. second.): PalmerRobert; NaylorDebra
• Note generali: "A world bank study."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Abbreviations; Executive Summary; Country and Sector Context; Social and Economic Demand for Technical and Vocational Skills in Ghana; TVET Supply, Coordination, and Financing; Policy Recommendations; Notes; Chapter 1Context, Drivers, and Challenges of Technical and Vocational Skills Development Reform; Introduction; The Global Rise in Importance of Technical and Vocational Skills Development; Technical and Vocational Skills Development Drivers in Ghana; Tables ; Table 1.1 Total Enrollment in Primary and Lower Secondary Schools in GhanaTVET Policy, 2002-13; Table 1.2 Global Competitive Ranking Index of 144 Countries, Selected Sub-Saharan African Countries, 2012/13; A Framework for Assessing Market and Nonmarket Imperfections Related to TVET in Sub-Saharan Africa; Figures; Figure 1.1 Framework for Skills Assessment; Concluding Comments; Notes; Chapter 2Demand for TVET; Introduction; Social Demand for TVET; Economic Demand for TVET ; Figure 2.1 Firms Identifying Labor Skill Levels as a Major Constraint, by Size: Ghana, 2007, and Sub-Saharan Africa and World, 2Figure 2.2 Portion of Firms Identifying Labor Skill Levels as a Major Constraint: Ghana, 2007, Compared with Other Sub-Saharan A; Table 2.1 AGI Business Barometer, Top Challenges, by Enterprise Size; Skill Demand and Supply in Selected Sectors; Figure 2.3 Skills Lacking in Existing Employees; Concluding Comments; Notes; Chapter 3TVET Supply, Performance, and Assessment; The Suppliers of Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Ghana ; Formal Public TVET ProvidersTable 3.1 Main Public and Private TVET Providers, by Backer, 2012/13; Table 3.2 Coverage and Location of Public TVET Institutes, by Type, 2012; Table 3.3 TVET Enrollment of Full-Time Students, by Type of Institute and Gender, Latest Year; Table 3.4 TVET Staff and In-Service Training, by Type of Institute and Gender, Most Recent Year; Table 3.5 Public TVET Training Environment, by Type of Institute, 2012; Private Institution TVET Providers; Table 3.6 Private TVET Institutes Covered by EMIS Sample, 2006/07 to 2010/11; Enterprise-Based TVET Providers ; Figure 3.1 Firms Offering Formal Training, by Size (Number of Employees), Ghana, 2007, and Sub-Saharan Africa and World, 2006 orConcluding Comments; Notes; Chapter 4TVET Coordination; Introduction; The Coordination of TVET Supply and Demand; Coordination of Government Strategies, Plans, and Development Partner Support; TVET Quality Assurance and Qualifications; Table 4.1 National TVET Qualifications Framework; Concluding Comments; Notes; Chapter 5TVET Financing; Systemic TVET Financing; Table 5.1 TVET Funding Recommendations, 2002-08 ; Table 5.2 Skills Development Fund Applications and Approvals
• Sommario/riassunto: Skills development in Ghana encompasses foundational skills, transferable/soft-skills, and technical and vocational skills. This report focuses on one segment of this skills development system: formal and informal technical and vocational education and training (TVET) at the pre-tertiary level. TVET represents a major intersection between education, youth and the labor market. The government has long promised to the population that increasing technical and vocational skills training opportunities will help solve youth unemployment. However, market distortions and inefficiencies have led to an
• Titolo autorizzato: Demand and supply of skills in Ghana
• ISBN: 1-4648-0281-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910806912303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: World Bank e-Library.