RY Vocational Training

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The Vocational Training Project will help strengthen Yemen's capacity to train skilled labor in line with current and emerging demand in the economy. This project has three objectives: 1) strengthening vocational training system (VTS) management by providing a major role to the private sector in policy-making, management and financing of the VTS; 2) improving the quality and relevance of vocational training (VT) through the enhancement of programs in existing centers and selective expansion (two new VTCs) of two pilot centers; and 3) reorientation, through participation of communities, of adult education and training programs for women to improve their relevance. The components of the project are the following: 1) management and financing of VT, which includes institutional strengthening of the General Authority for Vocational and Technical Training (GAVTT), management of vocational training centers (VTCs), management information system for VTCs and skill development fund; 2) quality improvement including five sub-components: (a) strengthening institutional capacity for curriculum development including trainee assessment and instructional material development; (b) in-service training of trainers; (c) developing a system of continuous education for employees of business and industry; (d) strengthening selected VTCs; and (e) strengthening programs for rehabilitating the physically handicapped through vocational training; 3) selective expansion (two new VTCs); and 4) adult education and training for females consisting of institutional development of adult education and training (AET) centers to design programs based on participatory approaches, establishment of an AET project funding facility to support programs which meet agreed criteria and refinement of existing practices in marketing and access to credit alternatives.