Enhancing VET Textile Innovation

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The Project aims at capacity building VET in Uganda by developing VET Institutional/organisational quality framework, to bridge the educational and digital gap in VET, to renew curriculum that responds to the challenges and opportunities in the textile industry, to update curriculum with the latest skills that match the demand of textile industry, and to foster concept environmental and social governance in all aspect of the supply chain of textile production and manufacturing, such as regenerative cotton production trends, and environmental and social aspect of manufacturing process from seed to garment to seed. Our consortium Enhancing VET Textile Innovation ( EVETTI) consist of two Universities that have two scientific textile labs which will be essential in exploring and developing new knowledge how to contribute to the circular economy through textile innovation. To strengthen the global mandate of the textile design profession through creating social entrepreneurship hub at VET providers. And, to develop reference curriculum standards in VET systems that will be nationalized and promoted, by our project partner DIT, and also promoted internationally through various communication channels of each partner in EVETTI. The aims of this project will be reached by developing meaningful and long-lasting collaboration between partners of EVETTI through implementing a Hybrid Learning Strategy (HLS) through eLearning platform and educational methods. This project shall contribute to the development of skills and competencies in the textile industry in Uganda. The project will help activate social innovation and entrepreneurial skills that will impact economic growth and expansion of the industry in Uganda. The project will facilitate a smooth transition from school to work by developing the existing curricula for vocational training institutions to meet the needs of the textile industry.