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Vocational education gets quality boost

12 November 2009

With 15 million Danish kroner having been earmarked for vocational education and training between 2008 and 2013, vocational education in the country is expected to improve in quality.
Soon, a competency-based curriculum will be in place to make the vocational training institute (VTI) graduates more employable.
According to the Director of Department of Occupational Standards (DOS), Sangay Dorjee, this support will help improve the quality of vocational education in the country. This means making the training programmes offered in the VTIs relevant to the needs and expectations of the industry and employers.
The DOS, which is responsible for quality assurance and regulation, will set standards for the training offered by VTIs with the involvement of industry experts. Occupational skills standards for the mason, plumber, construction carpenter and auto mechanic have been developed and validated earlier this year.
“The syllabus right now only teaches what the requirements of each occupation are, and not how they would be met,” said Sangay Dorjee. “Therefore, what is learnt cannot meet the need of the market.”
The occupational skills standards will be used as the basis for curriculum development and competency-based assessment. Department of Human Resources has already begun developing a curriculum for priority training occupations, training of instructors on the new curriculum.
Industry experts will be trained and engaged to conduct assessments based on which national qualifications will be issued to competent trainees, according to the Bhutan Vocational Qualifications Framework (BVQF). The framework has three levels of national qualifications.
Another plan underway is the recognition of prior learning. This is for people who are already working without any qualification

With 15 million Danish kroner having been earmarked for vocational education and training between 2008 and 2013, vocational education in the country is expected to improve in quality.

Soon, a competency-based curriculum will be in place to make the vocational training institute (VTI) graduates more employable.

According to the Director of Department of Occupational Standards (DOS), Sangay Dorjee, this support will help improve the quality of vocational education in the country. This means making the training programmes offered in the VTIs relevant to the needs and expectations of the industry and employers.

The DOS, which is responsible for quality assurance and regulation, will set standards for the training offered by VTIs with the involvement of industry experts. Occupational skills standards for the mason, plumber, construction carpenter and auto mechanic have been developed and validated earlier this year.

“The syllabus right now only teaches what the requirements of each occupation are, and not how they would be met,” said Sangay Dorjee. “Therefore, what is learnt cannot meet the need of the market.”

The occupational skills standards will be used as the basis for curriculum development and competency-based assessment. Department of Human Resources has already begun developing a curriculum for priority training occupations, training of instructors on the new curriculum.

Industry experts will be trained and engaged to conduct assessments based on which national qualifications will be issued to competent trainees, according to the Bhutan Vocational Qualifications Framework (BVQF). The framework has three levels of national qualifications.

Another plan underway is the recognition of prior learning. This is for people who are already working without any qualification.

By Kuenzang C Choden

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