Bridging Skill Gap to Meet Technical, Vocational Education and Training School-Workplace Collaboration in the 21 <sup>st</sup> Century

Jane Itohan Oviawe; Raymond Uwameiye; Patrick S. O. Uddin

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Bridging Skill Gap to Meet Technical, Vocational Education and Training School-Workplace Collaboration in the 21 ^st Century

Jane Itohan Oviawe, Raymond Uwameiye, Patrick S. O. Uddin

Published in International Journal of Vocational Education and Training Research (Volume 3, Issue 1)

Received: 18 January 2017 Accepted: 10 February 2017 Published: 18 April 2017

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Abstract

Technical vocational education and training (TVET) refers to a deliberate intervention to bring about learning which would make people more relevant and productive in designated areas of economic and technological activities. In order to meet the demand of the 21^st century workplace for skilled manpower and also to produce individuals that will be equipped with saleable skills for employment and self-reliant. If this must be achieved, TVET educational institutions must collaborate with the industry towards bridging the skill gap. This paper therefore examines best practices in TVET school-workplace collaboration: bridging the skill gap to meet manpower needs of the 21^st century workplace. This paper discusses concept of workplace training in TVET, concept of workplace-school collaboration, need for workplace-school collaboration in TVET, best practices to workplace-school collaboration: bridging the gap to meet the manpower needs of the 21st century workplace.

Published in	International Journal of Vocational Education and Training Research (Volume 3, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijvetr.20170301.12
Page(s)	7-14
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Best Practices, 21^st Century, TVET, Workplace Training, School-Industry Collaboration

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Jane Itohan Oviawe, Raymond Uwameiye, Patrick S. O. Uddin. Bridging Skill Gap to Meet Technical, Vocational Education and Training School-Workplace Collaboration in the 21 st Century. Int J Vocat Educ Train Res. 2017;3(1):7-14. doi: 10.11648/j.ijvetr.20170301.12

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Jane Itohan Oviawe

Department of Vocational and Technical Education, Faculty of Education, Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Nigeria
Raymond Uwameiye

Department of Vocational and Technical Education, Faculty of Education, Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Nigeria
Patrick S. O. Uddin

Department of Vocational and Technical Education, Faculty of Education, Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Nigeria

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