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“Skills and Employability through E-learning”
The 5th African UNESCO-UNEVOC ICT in TVET Summit, which focused on “Skills and Employability through E-learning”, took place in the context of the 6th eLearning Africa conference in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on 25 May 2011. It addressed key issues and challenges related to integrating ICT into TVET and introduced initiatives that aim to improve access to and quality of learning and teaching.
As in the previous years, the Summit was organized by UNESCO-UNEVOC in partnership with the UNESCO Regional Office for Education in Africa (UNESCO/BREDA), the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and the German Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB).
At the Summit, representatives of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) presented about the organization’s e-learning initiative.
The Commonwealth of Learning (COL) introduced participants to its programme “Flexible Skills Development”, an initiative to expand access to TVET through ICT.
Speakers from Kenya, Swaziland and Malawi shared national experiences of integrating ICT into TVET at the Summit.
The African UNESCO-UNEVOC TVET Summit functions as a platform for knowledge sharing among TVET researchers, policy makers and practitioners about innovative ways to introduce technology into skills programmes and vocational orientation approaches.
Programme
Rapporteur: Gabriel Konayuma
Morning:
Chair: Prof. John Simiyu, Chepkoilel University College, Kenya
09:30 – 10:00 Opening Session
Welcome statement: Ms Vibeke Jensen, Director of UNESCO Office Dar-es-Salaam
ICT in TVET Summit: An overview, Ms Josiane Blanc-Mannheim, Assistant to the Head of UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre
10:00 – 11:00 Activities of regional organizations
Promotion of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) under the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) e-Learning Initiative (including Q&A / discussion)
Ms Rachel Ogbe, Programme Specialist, ECOWAS
11:15 – 12:30 National experiences in integrating ICT into TVET
Activities to Strengthen Skills and Employability Through the Integration of ICT and e-Learning: A Case of Chepkoilel University College, Kenya
Prof John W. Simiyu, Chepkoilel University College, Kenya
Strengthening skills development through ICT and e-learning to enhance youth employability and fight hunger, unemployment and poverty in Swaziland
Mr Peterson Sipho Dlamini, Chief Inspector – Tertiary, Ministry of Education and
Training, Kingdom of Swaziland
Introduction of ICT as a fundamental competency in TVET in Malawi
Mr Wilson Makulumiza Nkhoma, Director of Technical Services, Technical, Enterpreneurial, Vocational, Education and Training Authority (TEVETA), Malawi
Afternoon:
Chair: Ms Rachel Ogbe, Programme Specialist, ECOWAS
14:00 – 15:45 Regional and international experiences
Flexible skills development – expanding access to TVET through ICT
Ms Gertrud van Wyk, Education Specialist for eLearning , Commonwealth of Learning (COL)
Thika Technical Training Institute Flexible and Blended Skills Development Journey
Mr. Benson Muchai Irungu, Thika Technical Training Institute, Kenya
Mr. Reuben Ngeti Mwakisachi, Mombasa Technical Training Institute (MTTI), Kenya
ICT in TVET: Achievements and Challenges of Auchi Polytechnic, Auchi, Nigeria
Ms. Oduntan Evelyn Bosede, Auchi Polytechnic, Nigeria
15.45 – 16:00 Closing
Ms Josiane Blanc-Mannheim, Assistant to the Head of UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre