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Caribbean Journal of Education

Are TVET Skills Enough?

Pages: 
30-55
Publication Date: 
April 2013
Issue: 
Abstract: 

A proliferation of technical vocational education and training (TVET) programmes exists across the Caribbean - in schools, through youth programmes, and in post-secondary programmes. The Caribbean Vocational Qualification (CVQ) offers TVET graduates the option to work across different English-speaking countries in the region, where the Level of qualification (I to V) achieved is recognized by employers in each country. Governments have joined together to take steps to monitor the quality of the programmes offered, increase access to TVET programmes, and link programmes to internships and jobs. But are TVET skills enough, especially for youth at risk? Are these youth learning, through TVET initiatives, the skills they will need to succeed in the labour market, to strengthen their livelihoods and prepare for long term productive living for themselves and their families?

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