Socio-Economic Development in Malawi through Technical Entrepreneurial Vocational Education and Training (TEVET) Reform

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Country: Malawi
Project location within country: Blantrye
Duration: April 2008 - August 2014
Budget: Approximate value of services: $3.8 million
Project status: Complete

Project description

This project supported the Government of Malawi’s goals of poverty reduction and socio-economic development through appropriate technical vocational policy and programming initiatives. The project will strengthen the Technical Entrepreneurial Vocational Education and Training (TEVET) system partners through capacity building in planning, management, program renewal, technical teacher training and applied research. 

Goal

To support the Government of Malawi's poverty reduction and socio-economic development strategies through appropriate TEVET programming and policy support.

To strengthen the capacity of the TEVET system partners, particularly the Malawi Polytechnic to design, deliver and renew programs, conduct research as well as develop and train competent managers and teachers to meet the challenges of poverty reduction and to contribute to socio-economic growth.

Partners

Client: Malawi Polytechnic (MP), Ministry of Education, Science & Technology (MoEST), Technical, Entrepreneurial, Vocational Education and Training Authority (TEVETA), Forum of African Women Educators in Malawi (FAWEMA)

Associated firm: Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC)

Funding agency: Canadian International Development Agency

Firm lead: University of Regina

Firm contractor: Saskatchewan Polytechnic (formally SIAST)

Results

The results included a strengthened TEVET system through capacity building in planning, management, program renewal, technical teacher training, and applied research. The project redesigned programs to ensure relevance, addressed issues of access and success, and increased the capacity of technical teachers in the TEVET system to prepare students for employment and self-employment.  Thus, the TRP increased the ability of the TEVET partners in Malawi to:

• develop policies aimed at strengthening the TEVET system
• design, develop, implement and evaluate programs using effective teaching and learning strategies
• implement programs that matched the needs of employers
• conduct research that enhanced the development, delivery, and evaluation of appropriate policies, programs, and systems 

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