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The Pacific Association for Technical Vocation Education and Training was formed to serve the needs of national associations of technical vocational and education training in the pacific. A fast growing network with an increasing hunger for updated information and knowledge and the increasing mobility of students and providers that serve the region. This makes TVET a growing concept that needs to be able to deal with the demands of the public and private providers, the private industry and students. Despite the geographical barriers in the Pacific many educators, policy makers, and private sectors have contributed to the growing development of the PATVET network. With the support of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community we have seen PATVET expand and satisfy.  We encourage our viewers to write one email after viewing this website to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it for any feedback on either the PATVET network and website.   The website features a number of interesting links, a membership list is also provided should you need to liaise with colleagues from pacific island countries involved in the work of TVET in the region. Emily Hazelman-ElliottCoordinator of PATVET, Administrator of Website

  The Regional Panel of Discussion for TVET  21st October 2009

The Chairman of PATVET and Deputy Director of FIT, summed up the Presentations by the Panel of Discussion under the key areas of: — Regional TVET Policy framework— Training provided by TVET providers to be in line with Industry needs— Strengthening Marketing services of TVET training providers— Best Practices through Franchise programmes— Business to business linkages and promotion Key Messages from the presentation include:§  The need for training providers to also focus on the informal sector training as this would address skills gaps for unemployed youth and women and adults in rural sector.§  The improvement of TVET with the combining of 7 training providers (Fiji School of Medicine, Fiji Nursing, Fiji School of Agriculture, Fiji College of Advance Education, Lautoka Teachers College, Fiji Institute of Technology into the Fiji National University and how the new merger will take hands on approach to higher learning and will minimize misconception and reduce the distinction that TVET is second class.§  Importance of apprenticeship training, the need for training providers to have links to the industry and cultivating a strong relationship with the Industry

§  Encouraging the TVET Training bodies to take ownership of ensuring that their programmes are entered in the National Qualifications Framework

Emphasised the need for meaningful engagement of training providers with the industry so as to ensure that their programmes are in line with industry requirements.

Last Updated ( Thursday, 21 January 2010 )
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