Enhancing Professional Skills of Staff at Ituani VCT through the TVET Professional Development Toolkit for the Pacific
| dc.contributor.author | Henjo, John Ken | |
| dc.coverage.placeName | Vanuatu | |
| dc.coverage.spatial | Pacific | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-08-25T07:04:43Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-08-25T07:04:43Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022-09 | |
| dc.description.abstract | PCF10 Sub-theme: Fostering Lifelong Learning [POSTER] // Informal studies in Vanuatu indicate that ICT training is promoted but centralized in the urban areas (Port Vila and Luganville), with 70 % of the population coming from rural communities to the urban areas just to access the ICT services. ltuani Vocational Skills Centre (VSC) was established in 2015 to take ICT services and training to rural and remote communities, targeting orphans; girls and women; and people with disabilities. Ituani VCT is the first rural training centre to be registered under the Vanuatu Qualification Authority (VQA) to deliver accredited computer courses through outreach program to target rural schools and communities called ICT to schools and communities. // The major challenges experienced in the outreach programme is the travelling situations, since the provinces and islands are scattered in six different provinces, making it difficult and costly to travel by air, sea, and land due to the bad conditions of the roads and sea. To address these challenges, blended learning approaches was identified as key ensure that the rural communities access the digital skills. Given that the trainers at Ituani did not have relevant skills for blended learning, the TVET Professional Development Online Toolkit for the Pacific was used as a basis for upskilling the staff. The Toolkit was developed through collaboration between the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and the Pacific Centre for Flexible and Open Learning for Development (PACFOLD) with funding from the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade. // Project team was set up, project design workshop was held to develop a detailed project plan, relevant stakeholders were identified and included in project activities. The Toolkit was used to identify training gaps among trainers and develop strategies for upskilling the trainers. Baseline data was collected, five(5)trainers including three(3) males and two (2) females were upskilled with support from COL consultants, the trainers conducted training to fifthy (50) learners including thirty (30) women/girls and twenty (20) men/boys using the knowledge and skills acquired for blended learning, and endline data was gathered, and the Vanuatu VQA recognized skills acquired through the outreach programme. // Paper ID 8802 | |
| dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.56059/pcf10.8802 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11599/4387 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Commonwealth of Learning (COL) | |
| dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ | |
| dc.subject | ICT in Education | |
| dc.subject | Technical/Vocational Education and Training (TVET) | |
| dc.subject | Blended Learning | |
| dc.subject | Rural Communities | |
| dc.subject | Professional Development | |
| dc.title | Enhancing Professional Skills of Staff at Ituani VCT through the TVET Professional Development Toolkit for the Pacific | |
| dc.type | Other | |
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