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September 10, 2012
South Korea offers training to North Korean defectors
In the light of an increasing number of defections of North Korean citizens into South Korea, the South Korean government revealed a vocational training programme. However, the cultural difference are encouraging double defections, despite adequate training skills provision, prompting thoughts in the direction of a strategy that implements an integration […]
September 10, 2012
India: Vocational training to be introduced as a fourth stream in West Bengal schools
From the 2013-2014 session, another educational stream will be added to the existing three (Humanities, Science and Commerce) in the government and government-aided schools, for students of classes X and XII. This stream will be the vocational training stream. Read more here.
September 10, 2012
Tunisia: Increase in the number of training positions
Under the Tunisian Agency for Vocational Training (ATFP), some 36,385 training posts were available in 2011. Under these posts, specialities were offered in accordance with the economic fabric of each region. This year, there are some 37,733 training positions available. Read more here.
September 10, 2012
Ghana: NVTI/IDEF start nationwide accreditation and training programme
The National Vocational Training Institute (NVTI) and IDEF (Informal Sector Development Foundation) in Ghana have rolled out a massive identification and accreditation programme for all MCPs (Master Craft Persons) so as to equip them with upgraded skills. Read more here.
September 10, 2012
Reflections from Rwanda’s 10,000 Women Graduation Programme
This post gives a touching review of the 31-day entrepreneurship course called ‘10,000 Women’ entrepreneurship course, conducted by Goldman Sachs in association with WDI (William Davidson Institute). For women who have not had much in terms of school education, this is a direct encouragement into the mainstream employment scenario, through […]
September 10, 2012
Tanzania: New Commissioner of Education takes over
The newly appointed Commissioner of Education in Tanzania aims to eradicate the challenges rife in the education sector in the country, including those of loss of teaching morale, poor results in examinations, and more. Read more here.
September 10, 2012
Education Strategy Update for World Bank’s ‘Education Sector Strategy 2020: Learning for All’
The World Bank in the previous year had launched a comprehensive document called the ‘Education Sector Strategy 2020: Learning for All’ detailing the world education strategy is aimed to implement, putting stress on gender equality and importance to skill training as a greater measure to a region’s economic progression, than […]
September 10, 2012
India: LIC launches new microinsurance product called ‘Jeevan Deep’
India’s largest life insurer, state-owned LIC (Life Insurance Corporation of India) recently launched a new microinsurance product called ‘Jeevan Deep’. It provides a cover ranging from INR 5000 to INR 30,000, and caters to the needs of the low income communities of the country. Read more here.
September 10, 2012
Nigeria: NAICOM to help develop agri and microinsurance
The NAICOM (National Insurance Commission) has mobilised insurance sector stakeholders in the country to develop microinsurance and agricultural insurance products for the poor in the country, and also to develop the grassroots level insurance market. Read more here.
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