Research Catalog

Title

Improving technical vocational education and training in the Kurdistan region--Iraq / Louay Constant, Shelly Culbertson, Cathleen Stasz, Georges Vernez.

Author

Constant, Louay

Publication

Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corporation, [2014]

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Additional Authors

• Culbertson, Shelly
• Stasz, Cathleen, 1947-
• Vernez, Georges
• Rand Education (Institute), publisher.
• Kurdistān (Iraq). Ḧikûmetî Herêmî Kurdistan-ʻÊraq.

Description

xix, 80 pages : illustrations, color map; 28 cm

Summary

As the Kurdistan Region - Iraq develops rapidly, it is creating jobs that require a solid education and technical skills. The government has launched an ambitious reform of basic and secondary education to increase its quality and has expanded opportunities for tertiary technical and university education. But expansion of secondary vocational education has lagged, leaving many students who cannot or do not want to pursue post-secondary education without the necessary preparation to compete in the evolving labor market and contribute to its economy. Enrollment in secondary vocational education has diminished in recent years, and graduates often have difficulty finding employment because their programs have not given them the skills required by employers. At the same time, employers complain that graduates from local general and vocational educational institutions do not possess the skills they need, and are said to resort to hiring foreign labor whenever they cannot find local graduates. As part of its sweeping efforts to transform education, the Kurdistan Regional Government asked the RAND Corporation to assess its Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) system. The findings suggest several recommendations for improving TVET, particularly at the secondary level. Rather than implementing all of these at once, the report suggests three phases (short term, medium term and long term) to allow for measured implementation.

Series Statement

[Research report] ; RR-277-KRG

Uniform Title

Research report (Rand Corporation) ; RR-277-KRG.

Subjects

• Technical education
• Vocational education
• Iraq > Kurdistān
• Technical education > Iraq > Kurdistān
• Vocational education > Iraq > Kurdistān

Note

• "Sponsored by the Kurdistan Regional Government."
• "RAND Education."
• "RR-277-KRG"--Page 4 of cover.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 75-80).

Contents

Introduction -- The KRI's current TVET system -- Labor and skill needs in the KRI economy -- International TVET policies and practices -- Recommended roadmap for improving TVET.

Call Number

JFF 16-487

ISBN

• 9780833080714
• 0833080717

LCCN

2014936284

OCLC

875999856

Author

Constant, Louay, author.

Title

Improving technical vocational education and training in the Kurdistan region--Iraq / Louay Constant, Shelly Culbertson, Cathleen Stasz, Georges Vernez.

Publisher

Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corporation, [2014]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

[Research report] ; RR-277-KRG

Research report (Rand Corporation) ; RR-277-KRG.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 75-80).

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Also available online

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR277.html

Added Author

Constant, Louay, author.

Culbertson, Shelly, author.

Stasz, Cathleen, 1947- author.

Vernez, Georges, author.

Rand Education (Institute), publisher.

Kurdistān (Iraq). Ḧikûmetî Herêmî Kurdistan-ʻÊraq.

Research Call Number

JFF 16-487