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Employment Training and Education Services, Ministry of Education Youth Sports and Culture
(ETES)

UNEVOC Centre (National Body) since 1995

Major activity:

Employment Training and Education Services (ETES) focuses in providing oversight of Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Belize. It is the quality assurance arm of the Ministry of Education responsible for all matters pertaining to TVET, particulary relating to assuring quality instruction at the Institutes for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (ITVETs).

ETES is the technical arm of the Ministry of Education that provides leadership and guidance in the management and operation of Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Belize. Consistent with its mission and goals, it monitors and supervises Technical and Vocational Education and Training providers ensuring that programs offered are of the highest quality. In recognition of the pivotal role that Technical and Vocational Education plays in the development of any nation, ETES has been given the mandate to continuously upgrade and revitalize technical and vocational education and training, with the aim of continuously meeting current and future national development challenges. In this regards, ETES is responsible for ensuring that youth and adults are provided with quality occupational employment training and education services that will empower them to become gainfully or self-employed and thus actively contribute towards the development of the nation.

ETES is presently comprised of the Units of Program Research and Development, Professional Staff Development, Quality Program Coordination, Testing and Certification, and Apprenticeship.

Vision

Employment Training and Education Services (ETES) will lead the charge to enhance national Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) and Adult and Continuing Education (ACE) systems to provide equal access, empowerment opportunities, and a better quality of life for all, by being responsive to the changing needs of a dynamic workforce, through the development of partnerships, innovation, and technology.

Value Statement

At ETES we value the dignity of work through the provision of quality services, empowerment, and equal access for our youth and adults

Mission

ETES will ensure that all Belizeans, specifically youth and adults, are given equal opportunity to access quality and current occupational employment training and education services for full and active participation in the national and regional economies and for their own personal growth.

Objectives

1. Coordinate a national system for improved and effective delivery of employment training at all levels of the education system.

2. Coordinate a national system for improved and effective delivery of adult and continuing education services.

3. In coordination with other service areas in the Ministry of Education and other key stakeholders, engage in research and policy development of programs to improve quality coverage and delivery of technical and vocational education and training; and Adult and Continuing Education.

4. Create and maintain linkages with public and private partnership in Business/Industry and their economic development activities and the education and training service.

5. Ensure human, fiscal and logistical resources for the effective and efficient operation of employment training and education systems

6. Increase access to occupational learning opportunities to all through active participation in the social, economic and political development of Belize.

7. Increase the spectrum of trained, certified personnel within Belize’s labor force through the on-going development of relevant standard based occupational programs

8. Develop and implement a comprehensive training of trainers program for instructors, administrators, and supervisors

9. Perform Secretariat duties for Belize National Council for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (NCTVET)

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