Transformation of the Tertiary Technical and Technological Institutes Project

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The objectives of the Transformation of the Tertiary Technical and Technological Institutes Project for Ecuador are: to increase enrollment and persistence in public technical and technological programs designed and implemented in collaboration with Employers, and to strengthen the institutional management of Tertiary Technical and Technological Education. There are three components to the project, the first component being optimizing and upgrading the supply in targeted provinces. The objective of this component is to improve the actual and perceived quality of education services, accessed by students, which will lead to increases in enrollment and graduation. It will also enable more efficient allocation of the existing resources, both physical (for example, infrastructure facilities and science and technical labs) and in human resources, through the reorganization of IST supply by consolidation of institutes into new ‘hub’ ISTs and upgrading the infrastructure and facilities. The second component is the improving program relevance, quality of teaching and IST management capacity. The specific objective of this component is to improve the technical and operational capacity of SENESCYT; to design new and relevant academic programs according to the labor market demand (public and private); to develop and carry out new training programs for teachers, tutors, and rectors; and to introduce a new administrative and academic management system at IST level. Finally, the third component is the strengthening mechanisms for institutional coordination, boosting demand, and management, monitoring and evaluation of the project. The specific objectives of this component are to support the improvement of the governance of the public technical and technological tertiary education. This will include: (a) institutional mechanisms for effective public-private coordination in the development and continuous revision of programs; (b) institutional mechanisms to monitor and inform public and private sector decision makers on employment opportunities and the employability of graduates of the tertiary technical and technological training system; (c) activities to boost the demand of technical and technological tertiary education; and (d) the management and monitoring of the Project and carrying out of impact evaluations.