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Established in 1999, the National Training Agency (NTA) serves as the single, national institution with full responsibility and authority for the planning, co-coordinating and regulation of technical and vocational education and training in Trinidad and Tobago. The NTA fulfills this mandate via:
i. The promotion of technical and vocational education and training,
ii. The identification of training needs based upon labour market research,
iii. The establishment and maintenance of national occupational standards for TVET,
iv. The establishment and maintenance of a national qualifications framework for TVET,
v. The development of a quality assurance and accreditation mechanism for TVET,
vi. Collaboration and consultation with relevant training institutions, professional bodies and employers,
vii. The rationalisation of skills training to minimise duplication and overlap,
viii. The development, maintenance and regulation of a system of apprenticeship and traineeship,
ix. The collaboration with stakeholders to develop and implement programmes or systems to encourage innovation, entrepreneurship, and the satisfaction of market demands, and
xi. Advising key stakeholders on matters related to TVET.
Overall, the NTA's role in education and training is to ensure that Trinidad and Tobago has a workforce that is certified, competent, innovative, enterprising and entrepreneurial, and capable of contributing to the continued development of Trinidad and Tobago.
To be a key facilitator for the development of a highly skilled, enterprising and globally competitive workforce, in support of the sustainable economic and social development of Trinidad and Tobago. Moreover, NTA aims to regulate and harmonise the quality, relevance and efficiency of the national TVET system.
The objectives of the NTA are to
Sharing knowledge about TVET | Secondary focus | ||||
Developing knowledge | Secondary focus | ||||
Developing and building capacities | Primary focus | ||||
Teachers | Secondary focus | ||||
Researchers | Secondary focus | ||||
Policy makers | Primary focus | ||||
Private sector | Secondary focus | ||||
Greening of TVET institutions and skills | Interested to learn | |||||
Migration | Interested to learn | |||||
OER and Online Learning | Interested to contribute | |||||
Equity of access in TVET | Interested to contribute | |||||
Gender equality in TVET | Interested to contribute | |||||
Fostering entrepreneurship | Interested to contribute | |||||
Industry 4.0 / Smart production | Interested to learn | |||||
Capacity development projects | Highly interested | ||||
Policy oriented projects | Highly interested | ||||
Knowledge development | Moderately interested | ||||
Workshops and conferences | Moderately interested | ||||
Within my cluster | Highly interested | ||||
With Africa | Moderately interested | ||||
With the Arab States | Moderately interested | ||||
With Asia and the Pacific | Moderately interested | ||||
With Europe, CIS and North America | Moderately interested | ||||
With Latin America and the Caribbean | Highly interested | ||||