Country Project Tajikistan
Wprn:
WP11-30-11-TJK
The Government of the Republic of
Tajikistan has recently recognized that a
well functioning vocational education and training (VET) system is an important
element for economic development, social cohesion and political stability.
Therefore, VET is now defined in terms of a human capital development strategy
and seen as a driver for the benefit of the national economy. In 2010 a new
ten-year education strategy has been developed with a comprehensive perspective
of all the education sectors, including VET.
The ETF operations in the country will be built on two blocks where the first
is to assist the government of Tajikistan in supporting policy development and
capacity building in VET and the second one is supporting the European
Commission in the framework of DCI projects and the Central Asia Education
Initiative.
ETF work in 2011 in Tajikistan will focus on enhancing the relevance of
VET/CVET in the overall education system. This focus will be translated in
providing support to enhance the capacity to implement the education reform, by
raising awareness on policy making based on evidence and by supporting the
development of transversal skills like entrepreneurial skills, as a need
resulted from findings of the Torino process; in providing assistance to the
education and training reform implementation and qualifications development; in
supporting to the delivery of EU assistance.
The initiatives implemented under the country project for Tajikistan are
therefore related to the topics of evidence based policy development and
entrepreneurial learning.
In addition to the country specific initiatives mentioned above, ETF will also
be active in Tajikistan trough the following two multi-country actions:
School development towards flexible community learning centres (covering
Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan 2009-2011);
Matching vocational education supply and labour market demand in Central Asia
(Linked to the Evidence-based Policy Pilot project covering Kazakhstan,
Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan 2011-2012).
ETF activities 2011 are in line with the goals of the European Education
Initiative for Central Asia endorsed by the European Council in June
2007.
Topics
Lifelong learning
Put simply, lifelong learning means that people can – and should have the opportunity to – learn throughout their lives.
Equality in education
Across the world, certain groups of people are still hard pressed to get the most out of their education and training system.
Education and business
Partnership between the worlds of work and education is a process that is set to become an integral part of how we go about developing education.
Employment
“Employment”: a better guidance contributes to broader economic and social well-being by easing the functioning of labour markets.
Skills recognition
Making qualifications transparent and easily readable, even across international frontiers, is a high priority for the ETF.
School and teacher development
Teachers are a critical factor in education reforms. The ETF takes therefore the role of schools and teachers seriously throughout its work.
Key competences
Focusing on key competences is one of the surest ways of keeping education and training relevant in a fast-changing environment.
VET Governance
Governance modes and models have a high correlation with the overall performance of education and training policies, influencing their strategic formulation and implementation.
Projects
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