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Country: Malawi
Project location within country: Blantyre, Lilongwe
Duration: April 1, 2003 - March 31, 2008
Budget: $1.4 million
Project status: Complete
Project description
The project supported the Government of Malawi by increasing employment and self-employment
through appropriate technical, entrepreneurial, vocational programming and policy
supports. The project supported this goal by activities related to building and sustaining
the Malawi Technical Entrepreneurial Vocational Education and Training (TEVET) system’s
capacity to increase employment and self-employment through the development of market
driven policies, management practices focused on community needs and student-centered
teaching processes. Through the provision of training the project will increase the
capacity of the various technical institutions to plan and implement demand-driven
TEVET programming.
Goal
The goal of the project was to support the Government of Malawi in its plan to reduce
poverty by increasing employment and self-employment through appropriate technical,
entrepreneurial vocational programming and policy supports.
Partners
Malawi Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training
Technical Entrepreneurial Vocational Education and Training Authority; Malawi Polytechnic
Colleges and Institutes Canada
Red River College, Winnipeg Manitoba
Bow Valley College, Calgary Alberta
Results
This project supported the capacity development of the TEVET system in Malawi through
five activity streams:
Policy development
New policies on governance as well as other areas critical to the upgrading of the
TEVET system were developed, and TEVET managers were trained in the implementation
of these new policies, starting with the model schools.
Management training
The development and implementation of training modules in strategic planning, financial
management, human resource management and facilities management. All public technical
college managers participated in the management training courses through the project.
Technical teacher training
Eleven ‘master trainers’ were trained in Malawi and in Canada. The 13 modules of the
program were given delivered in two-week sessions per year. The Malawi Technical,
Entrepreneurial, Vocational Education and Training Authority co-funded the teacher
training with the Malawi Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training contributing finances
to sustain the trainees while on training. These initiatives represent the sustainability
of the teacher training program beyond the project timeframe. The initial trainees
will received a joint Canadian (Red River College) diploma along with a Malawi diploma.
Entrepreneurship training
Through Bow Valley College, the ‘Linkage Model’ Entrepreneurship Training was implemented
in Malawi’s technical colleges. This model linked entrepreneurship knowledge with
technical skills – not just as an add-on course. Trainers have been trained for replication
in other colleges. The model schools implemented the new training on a pilot basis.
Model school development
The project developed two model technical colleges in Malawi. The policies and programs
of the project were implemented, including management training, strategic planning
and teacher training and entrepreneurship options. These model colleges include one
urban college (Soche Technical College) and one rural college (Salima Technical College).
Specific equipment was provided at the model colleges to assist with the implementation
of the entrepreneurship and other programs.
Contact us
Angela Wojcichowsky, Director, International Partnerships & Projects
Saskatchewan Polytechnic, Saskatoon Campus, 20th St.
200 – 226 – 20th Street East | PO Box 1520,
Saskatoon SK S7K 0R6 Canada
+1-306-659-6915
angela.wojcichowsky@saskpolytech.ca
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