Strengthening TVET in Ethiopia in smoother Pathways to career.

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To address youth labour market participation and employment rates, Ethiopia’s National TVET Strategy prioritises quality and relevance of TVET; TVET has to respond to the competence needs of the labour market and create a competent, motivated and adaptable workforce capable of driving economic growth and development. With this proposal, we organize and implement sustainable capacity building activities and cooperation among three Ethiopian TVET colleges in the region of Addis Ababa (Oromia), Dire Dawe (Afar), and Bahir Dar (Amhara) in Ethiopia. The general objective is to create an inclusive smooth transition from TVET to a career, overcoming the skills mismatch and making TVET more inclusive and attractive for all, leading to less dropouts. Specific objectives: • Reinforce the link between private sector and TVET • Capacity building in teaching and training materials • Use of innovative digital educational approaches • Improve job perspectives for all Gender inclusion, improvement of internships and a sustainable cooperation are cross cutting objectives throughout the entire project. In order to realize the objectives, 60 private sector companies will be actively involved in 6 round table sessions (2 sessions at each training location). The outcomes of the round table session are the input for the development of a EntreComp unit. This unit will be taught and tested via realistic Virtual Reality environments. Teachers will be trained via 6 learning carrousel sessions, organized at every TVET location (2 sessions at each TVET location) on the topics of career guidance, entrepreneurship, guidance of students, gender inclusion, pedagogical techniques and incubation. The TVET colleges develop an action plan for gender inclusion and sustainable cooperation with the TVET colleges and private sector. The career guidance and incubation centres will be strengthened in a way that students can prepare themselves in the best way for their career.