West Bank and Gaza: Education-to-Work Transition

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The Education to Work Transition Project for West Bank and Gaza seeks to improve education to work transition of young Palestinians attending participating tertiary education institutions (TEIs) through: (i) fostering partnerships between TEIs and employers in order to make TEIs' study programs more relevant to the needs of the labor market; and (ii) enhancing the capacity of the Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MOEHE) and TEIs to collect, analyze and disseminate data collected through the TEIs' graduate tracking system to monitor the outcomes of TEIs' study programs, and to inform education policy formulation and implementation. There are three components to the project, the first component being education to work transition innovation grant facility. The project builds on the successful experience of the Quality Improvement Fund (QIF) competitive grant system mechanism. It will promote long-lasting partnerships between TEIs and employers aimed at developing and implementing work-integrated learning schemes that strengthen the connection between classroom learning and the requirements of the workplace, and contribute to the development of attitudes and capabilities that make graduates, including women graduates, more employable. The second component is the higher education graduate tracking system. The project will support the MOEHE to institutionalize a graduate tracking system that provides regular feedback on graduates' education to work transition. Prior to the start up of the project, the World Bank is providing technical assistance to the MOEHE to scope out the current activities of TEIs on tracking graduates and to pilot a tracking system, including data collection instrument and tools with a select number of institutions. Finally, the third component is the project management and coordination.