About NAVTEC
- National apex body for Technical & Vocational Education & Training (TVET)
- Ordinance promulgated November 8, 2006
- Policy making by Board of Directors (members: key ministries, provincial governments and industry)
- Placed in the Prime Minister's Office
The Need for NAVTEC
- Paucity of labour market information and disconnect with training
- Fragmented and uncoordinated delivery of technical and vocational training
- Lack of evaluation of efficiency and outcomes of training institutions
- Weak participation of private sector in policy making and training delivery
- Nonexistence of employment placement data of trainees
NAVTEC Objectives
- To regulate, facilitate and provide coordinated & integrated policy direction for TVET
- To shift from supply-oriented to demand-driven approach
- Enhance the role of private sector in TVET implementation & management
- To ensure TVET system is responsive to new technologies, trades & training methods
Products
- National Qualifications Framework
- Training packages
- Apprenticeship programme
- Labour Market Information Systems
- Monitoring & evaluation mechanisms
- Sector Skill Advisory Committees
- Internationally recognised certification
NAVTEC & Providers of TVET
- Development of training providers' capacity by additional funding, capacity building, financial incentives and private sector competition
- To guide the expansion of TVET provision through enrolment, geographical coverage and number of occupations
- Accreditation of providers
- Capacity building of testing / examining authorities
NAVTEC Policy
- To make TVET responsive to industries' demands, technological advancements, and global trends
- To prepare policies and training plans in coordination with stakeholders
- Move from academic type learning to competency based training
- Recognition of prior learning and formalizing the informal sector
- Shift from supply oriented to demand led TVET
Progress made
- Needs Assessment
- Trainers' capacity , Infrastructure, Industry skill shortages
- Development of Policy Framework
- Skill standards, Monitoring and evaluation, LMIS and related surveys
- Special Initiatives
- Demand driven courses , Target courses for marganalized groups
- Collection of baseline data
- Institutions , Geographical coverage, Skill levels taught, Gender distribution, Teachers' qualifications
What can NAVTEC offer?
- Support in expansion of TVET provision (sectoral & geographical)
- Standardised training packages
- To form part of a National Qualifications Framework
- International recognition
- Capacity Building of Trainers
- Workplace trainers' and assessors qualifications
Master trainers- Coordination with other departments' TVET activities
- Training Fund for purchasing training by NAVTEC from private providers

































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