If Data is Not Wisdom, then Non-Data Certainly is Not
Karina Veal, Asian Development Bank. Where hide the wise answers to questions vexing TVET policy makers and practitioners in developing countries today?... Read More
Don’t Get Lost – Focus on Quality
Eric A. Hanushek, Stanford University. UNESCO has done both a service and a disservice to those concerned about global development. GMR 2012,... Read More
Transforming Education into Better Jobs and Better Lives
Andreas Schleicher, OECD. Everywhere skills transform lives and drive economies; and without the right skills, people are kept on the margins of... Read More
Is a Skills Goal Feasible for Post-2015?
By Simon McGrath, University of Nottingham. It sometimes feels like all of us interested in development are getting sucked into the... Read More
Post-2015 Agendas: Northern Tsunami, Southern Ripple? The Case of Education and Skills
By Robert Palmer and Kenneth King, NORRAG. The storm is upon us! We carried out an analysis of what looked like the... Read More
The 2013 Human Development Report: education, skills and decent work matter; just don’t ask us what any of these mean!
By Simon McGrath, University of Nottingham. I always read the UNDP Human Development Reports with interest, finding that they combine grand narrative... Read More
Skills Development: Mantra for Many Objectives?
By Shanti Jagannathan, Asian Development Bank. This ADB-Springer book on Skills Development for Inclusive and Sustainable Growth in Developing Asia-Pacific complemented the plethora of... Read More
Private TVET in Africa: Preserving Traditional Forms Differently – Managing Novel Ones Creatively
By Salim Akoojee. Since the beginning of the 1990s, there has been a growing sense from both national policymakers and international agencies... Read More
TVE(T?) and the GMR: Counting and Comparing Apples and Oranges
By Robert Palmer, NORRAG, Amman. Low-hanging fruits in the GMR’s TVE indicators Two years ago, in an article in NORRAG News, I... Read More
Beyond Informal and Towards a Science of Learning through Practice
By Stephen Billett. It’s time to reassert the legitimacy and worth of learning through practice. The learning of occupations that serve the... Read More
