apprenticeship in tvet: to minimize the skill gap
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Apprenticeship in TVET Programmeto minimize the skill gap
Mohammed Rafiqul IslamCapacity Development Associate
Access to Information (a2i) ProgrammePrime Minister’s Office, Bangladesh
Email: [email protected] December 2015
Labour market scenery of Bangladesh
• Labour force: 80M, growth 2.2% (1.7M)• Unemployment: 4.3% (3.4M)• Underemployment:18.7% (15M)
Untrained80%
Trained but not qualified
18%
NTVQF2%
18.4M People Need Decent Work!Only 2% Trained and Qualified!
Traditional ?
Market based ?
TVET system mainly focuses on skills and soon will become the main driving force of growth….But, there is a gap!!!
Apprenticeship/Internship/Job Placement
Apprenticeship:• on-the-job training and classroom instruction • practical and theoretical aspects of a highly skilled occupation.
Experience of Austria
• About 40% -Austrian teenagers enter apprenticeship training upon completion of compulsory education (at age 15). [stable since the 1950s]
The five most popular trades are: - Retail Salesperson (5,000/year), - Clerk (3,500 / year), - Car Mechanic (2,000 / year), - Hairdresser (1,700 / year), - Cook (1,600 / year)
• Apprenticeship training in Austria: Dual Education System
Experience of Australia
• 470,000 Australian Apprentices in-training as at 31 March 2012
• an increase of 2.4% from the previous year
• 60+ industries: equipped with apprenticeship occupation. • Group Training Organisations (GTO): offers safety nets to demand & supply
Experience of France
• 4,25,000 Apprentices in France in 2013.• 17/1000 employed person.
Experience of Germany• Employment without apprenticeship is almost impossible• Dual Education System: 50-70% time in company and rest
in formal education• In 2011, 570,000 new voc apprenticeships, compared 520,000 university
enrolments.
Experience of China
Year Total enrollment Tech&Voc enrollment Year
Upper Secondary schools (USS)
16 million 7.5 million 2013
Graduates from USS 14.8 million 6.7 million 2014
Source: MoE of China, 2014
• Above 20 Million people work as apprentices right now.
Experience of Malaysia
• TVET enrolment:1,64,000 (2013) 2,25,000 (2020) 650,000 (2025)
• Apprenticeship Scheme for dropouts: RM500.00 per month (by HRDF)
Apprenticeship at Lotus Car Apprenticeship at Mercedes-Benz
Experience of India
• Under APY 2.8 lakh apprentices (One lakh more by March, 2017)
BREAKING NEWS- JULY 2015:
‘’CHINA HAS 2 CRORE PEOPLE WORKING AS APPRENTICES, IN JAPAN 1 CRORE. BUT IN INDIA ONLY 30 LAKHS. DISAPPOINTING’’ - PM MODI
Institutionalize Apprent in IndiaSeparate board for apprenticeship programme
1. Board of Apprenticeship Training (BOAT) Western Region
http://www.apprentice-engineer.com/
2. BOAT -Northern Region www.boatsr-apprentice.tn.nic.in
3. BOAT –Southern Region http://boatnr.org/
4. BOAT –Eastern Region http://www.bopter.gov.in
What about Bangladesh…?
• TVET enrollment- 6,89,663 [<8% of secondary and HS enrollment]• Formal Apprenticeship: 8377 (Approx) • Informal apprenticeship: 10,000+
• 64 TSC get approval to start delivering contract training to industry• BMET, COEL, ILO, EU and BRAC running apprent. Prog. (very small scale)
Its not ENOUGH!!!
What to Do…???Major 5 (PMCMB):• Change Policy: TVET & Industry for better
Apprenticeship.• Innovate Apprenticeship Model for developing
countries.• Collaboration between Education and Industry• Develop a National Apprenticeship Monitoring
System (NAMS)
• Develop Business model/sustainable plan 4 Apprenticeship
Thank You