Building a Responsive and Resilient Vocational Education and Training System in Benin
Benin has embarked on an ambitious reform of rapid expansion of its technical and vocational education training (TVET) sector with the goal, among others, to increase enrollment tenfold by 2030. Investments in the Benin’s human development are impo...
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| Language: | English |
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Washington, DC
2022
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099045005272244788/P175550028ec1402909345001975530e7ab http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37508 |
| Summary: | Benin has embarked on an ambitious
reform of rapid expansion of its technical and vocational
education training (TVET) sector with the goal, among
others, to increase enrollment tenfold by 2030. Investments
in the Benin’s human development are important to support
the government’s economic growth objectives. A specific area
of focus and one that has received support from the very
highest levels of government is the focus on skills
development and TVET. The government has put in place
significant reforms to support this subsector with the aim
to increase the skills base of the Beninese workforce and
the population more generally, to enhance the coordination
and functioning of the sector, to strengthen sectoral and
institutional governance, and to improve system efficiency
and relevance of programs to the needs of the labor market.
The objective of this policy note is to inform the ongoing
TVET reforms. The note assesses the effectiveness of the
TVET system in Benin and provides policy recommendations for
improvements. This policy note also presents a perspective
on the plans to rapidly expand the sector, drawing on the
experience of other economies including high-growth East
Asian countries, and considers global trends, technological
advances, climate change, and structural challenges,
including the high level of informal employment and gender
inequality. The report is organized into five chapters.
Chapter one presents background information outlining
opportunities, challenges, and reforms in the Benin TVET
system. Chapter two provides broader analysis of the TVET
system in Benin. Chapter three analyzes the recent
developments and reforms to system of governance and
financing. While chapter four assesses the quality assurance
(QA) system in TVET, chapter five summarizes the key reform
options and policy recommendations. |
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