Ongoing project (June 2012 - May 2013)
Origin of funding: GFA Consulting Group
The objective of the five-year TVET Reform Support Program is to support the reform process regarding technical vocational education and training (TVET) policies in Pakistan with a focus on the improvement of career guidance and counselling at operational level. The expected project findings envisage to provide a platform for the national TVET reform process and to assist the Government of Pakistan in the implementation of its National Skills Strategy.
The programme is jointly funded by the European Union, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Federal Republic of Germany and consists of the following 3 main components:
- Support to national authority responsible for vocational education and training (NAVTTC) and Technical Education and Vocational Training Authorities at provincial level (TEVTAs) to improve TVET governance and TVET management (policy level)
- Implementation of an National Qualification Framework (NQF), currriculum development and HR Development (HRD)
- Funding of innovative VET training schemes and implementation of a system for Labor Market Information (LMI); improvement of career guidance and counselling (operational level)
TEPAV plays a major role in providing support to the implementation of the activities under component 3 which aims at increasing the relevance of TVET by strengthening the use of labour market data for making decisions regarding TVET sector development. In this context, the services provided by TEPAV can be summarized as follows:
- Organizing and delivering two provincial workshops (25 persons each) analyzing the status quo and obstacles for effective career guidance services ;
- National conference (90 persons) for national and provincial authorities and other relevant TVET stakeholders aiming at presenting policy suggestiongs on how to support job seekers to become integrated into the labor market;
- Conducting a questionnaire-based fact-finding survey with 150 persons for capacity building purposes on vocational guidance and job placement services tailored to the respective regions and provinces;
- Generation of a policy advice document aiming to establish a network of 100 Vocational Guidance and Job Placement Centres across the country.