Skills development for the marginalized and drop-outs

TVSD and skills development have been well-established as effective ways to reduce poverty through the empowerment of individuals with economic and social opportunity. However, these opportunities for formal training and employment are often unreachable for individuals from marginalised groups or those who do not complete formal education. For TVSD to be an effective method of sustainable economic development and as a poverty reduction strategy, ways must be found to reach these marginalised groups with relevant training.

NORRAG’s work in this area focuses on knowledge production and collaboration between states and researchers in the global South around new possibilities and methods of reaching marginalised groups with skills development, including the potential of technology and ICT.

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News and Events

First session of the KIX Learning Cycle 1 ‘Feasibility Study on Scaling Innovation’

The KIX Learning Cycle 1 ‘Feasibility Study on Scaling Innovation’ had its first session on 24 September, at 11.00 AM (CEST – Geneva). This course is offered in Russian for 51 national experts – including members of government, civil society, private sector, and research institutions – from Georgia, Moldova, Kazakhstan,...

Program Officer – Global Partnership for Education Knowledge and Innovation Exchange

The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) is recruiting for a Program Officer – Global Partnership for Education Knowledge and Innovation Exchange. The goal of the Knowledge and Innovation Exchange program is to improve developing country’s policy and practice to strengthen national education systems, strengthen their capacity to more routinely integrate new...

30 September 2020: Designing with People for People in Education: An Introduction to Design Thinking and Human-Centered Design Methodologies

The third Knowledge Innovation Exchange (KIX) Europe | Asia | Pacific (EAP) Webinar will cover the inspiring topic of ‘Designing with People for People in Education: An Introduction to Design Thinking and Human-Centered Design Methodologies’. The webinar will feature as guest speaker Sina Mossayeb, Chief Creative Officer of Aero. The...

5 October 2020: Teachers facing the Digital Divide

As part of a series of events on the use of digital tools to address the SDGs, NORRAG is supporting the first of a series of online workshops with the Graduate Institute’s hub on digital governance in partnership with UNESCO and Microsoft. This online workshop “Teachers facing the Digital Divide”...

21st Century Skills in the time of COVID-19 By Le Thu Huong and Yee Ki Au

This NORRAG Highlights is contributed by Le Thu Huong (Programme Specialist at UNESCO) and Yee Ki Au (MA candidate at the University of Cambridge). The authors re-examine the ‘four pillars of learning’ within the framework of 21st Century Skills (21CS) and what it means in the context of Covid-19 pandemic. While...

22 September 2020: A review of Innovative Financing Mechanisms in Education

Arushi Terway, Senior Lead Research Associate, NORRAG, will speak at “A review of Innovative Financing Mechanisms in Education” event part of the World Bank’s Brown Bag Breakfast Service (BBBS) Education Finance Thematic Group on 22 September 2020 (9:00 AM – 10:30 AM EDT [Washington DC]. The BBL presents the findings...

Assistant/Associate Professor in International and Comparative Education

The Program in International and Comparative Education (IC&E) at Teachers College, Columbia University is seeking for a tenure-track Assistant/ Associate Professor with expertise in the areas of education in emergencies and/or refugee education. They are especially interested in candidates who focus on teacher education and professional development in the aforementioned...

Job Board: Administrative Coordinator

The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) is recruiting an Administrative Coordinator who will work closely with the Executive Director and NORRAG team, and will generally support NORRAG activities and projects, staff and consultants. Period of Contract – until the end of December 2020, extended depending on the...

NORRAG Blog

21st Century Skills in the time of COVID-19 By Le Thu Huong and Yee Ki Au

This NORRAG Highlights is contributed by Le Thu Huong (Programme Specialist at UNESCO) and Yee Ki Au (MA candidate at the University of Cambridge). The authors...

Covid-19 and Transformation of ‘The School’ by Mike Douse and Philip Uys

This NORRAG Highlights is contributed by Mike Douse (Freelance International Educational Consultant) and Philip Uys (Adjunct Associate Professor of Education Systems at Charles Sturt University...

Getting students back in schools is only the first step by Stefania Giannini

This NORRAG Highlights is contributed by Stefania Giannini, Assistant Director-General for Education at UNESCO and former Minister of Education, Universities and Research of the Italian...

Upgrading Informal Apprenticeship Systems by Fabian Jacobs

This NORRAG Highlights is contributed by Fabian Jacobs, policy advisor on TVET at Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH. The author discusses how TVET...

TINA comes to European Education? The European Commission, PISA, PIAAC, and American-Style Knowledge Capital Theory by Hikaru Komatsu and Jeremy Rappleye

This NORRAG Highlights is contributed by Hikaru Komatsu (Associate Professor at National Taiwan University) and Jeremy Rappleye (Associate Professor at Kyoto University, Graduate School of...

As we build global solidarity and action in education, think infrastructure not architecture by Noah W. Sobe

This NORRAG Highlights is contributed by Noah W. Sobe, Senior Project Officer at UNESCO’s Futures of Education initiative. It is published in conjunction with the...

UNESCO and NORRAG hold Futures of Education in emergencies and protracted crises online consultation

UNESCO and NORRAG, in partnership with several Geneva-based international organizations in the field of EiE and with the support of the Swiss Agency for Development...

Ubuntu in Education: Towards equitable teaching and learning for all in the era of SDG 4 by Chiedza A. Chinhanu and Seun B. Adebayo

This NORRAG Highlights is contributed by Chiedza A. Chinhanu (PhD Researcher in the School of Performance and Cultural Industries at the University of Leeds) and...

All Means All: funding, efficiencies, data and the quality of inclusiveness by Moira V. Faul

This NORRAG Highlights is contributed by Moira V. Faul, Executive Director, NORRAG. She examines the 2020 GEM Report, which highlights a concern for improving inclusion...

Domestic Resource Mobilisation for Education: What Should the Global Partnership for Education Do in Its New Strategy? by David Archer

This NORRAG Highlights is contributed by David Archer, Chair of the Strategy and Impact Committee of the Global Partnership for Education. In the context of...

Lessons learned from China: bridging the digital divide during COVID-19 by Ji Liu

This NORRAG Highlights is contributed Ji Liu (Professor of Comparative Education and Economics of Education at Shaanxi Normal University, and Senior Research Associate at NORRAG). The author...

Disaster Philanthropy: Exploring the Power and Influence of the Private Sector and For-Profit Philanthropy in Pandemic Times by Lara Patil

This NORRAG Debates: Philanthropy in Education is contributed by Lara Patil, Advisor at NORRAG. She argues that education practitioners and scholars must ensure that transparent,...

Post COVID-19 and SDG4: Window of Opportunity or of Opportunism? by Alexandra Draxler

This NORRAG Debates: Philanthropy in Education is contributed by Alexandra Draxler, Senior Advisor at NORRAG and Former Education Specialist at UNESCO. She discusses the potentially...

Commentary on the 2019 Global Education Monitoring Report on Migration by Arran Magee

This NORRAG Highlights is contributed Arran Magee (Doctoral scholar in Education and International Development at UCL Institute of Education, University College London). The author comments on...

Sustaining learning communities through and beyond COVID-19 by Keith Holmes

This NORRAG Highlights is contributed Keith Holmes (Education Research and Foresight Team, UNESCO). The author explores how normal social interactions and routines have been suspended by...

Resource Library

PROJECT SUMMARY: Reaching the Unreached: Skills Development Policies and the Promise of ICT: A Scoping Study from India and South Africa (October 2016)

SOUTH AFRICA COUNTRY REPORT: Understanding Barriers to Accessing Skills Development and Employment for Youth in South Africa (August 2003)

Documents on skills development for the marginalized and drop-outs are available at the NORRAG Resource Library.

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