TVET Impact Measurement & Support Systems: Enhancing Employability & Economic Growth

1. International Social Dialogue on Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Impact Measurement and Supporting SystemsBy Dan Baffour-AwuahExecutive Director-COTVET Impact Measurements (Session Four)

2. COTVET GOAL • To contribute to national economic and social agenda through the development of globally competitive skills, and increasing employability opportunities for job creation and poverty reduction by • Ensuring that the unemployed particularly the youth are given competitive, employable and entrepreneurial skills nationally and globally within the formal and informal sectors. • Ensuring that graduates coming out of our formal, informal and non-formal TVET institutions are endowed with employable and entrepreneurial skills • Promoting life long learning for professional progression Impact Measurements (Session Four)

3. Environmental Factors . Support Systems Training Drivers and Factors Workplace Mediating Factors , Impact Assessment Measures and Indicators Impact Measurements (Session Four)

4. Environmental Factors for Impact Assessment • Government Policy on TVET • 2004 TVET Policy has been reviewed and updated • Regulations and Legislations • Regulation for the registration and accreditation of internal verifiers within industries and enterprises have been sent to Parliament • Demand for Quality Competitive Workforce • The first level of middle income country and thus needs competitive workforce to further the gains Impact Measurements (Session Four)

5. Support Systems (Training Drivers and Factors) • Demand-driven(Industry relevant Programs) • Involvement of Industry Expert in Training Delivery • Quality Assurance Mechanism • Internal Verification • External Verification • System Verification • Conducive Learning Environment • Quality Training and Facilitators • New Technology/Equipment Impact Measurements (Session Four)

6. Workplace Mediating Factors • Industry participation in Occupational Standard Generation and Assessment • Exposure to real workplace learning situations • Industry commitment to and support for workplace • facilitation • assessment and • verification Impact Measurements (Session Four)

7. Impact Assessment (Measures and Indicators • Rate of employability of trainees • Ability to apply knowledge and competencies in real work situations • Increase in productivity at workplace • Improve quality of product and services • Rate of return on investment(ROI) to • employer • employee • parent/family • community Impact Measurements (Session Four)

8. Impact Assessment (Measures/Indicators) • Reducing mismatch between supply and demand for skills • Increase in self-employment • Reduction in poverty • Positive attitude to work Impact Measurements (Session Four)

9. Practical Steps for Impact Assessment of CBT Learners • Interviews • Direct supervisors, • Assessors, and • Verifiers of Learner • Learners • Hold Assessor-Learner Conferencing • Monitoring of Learners Impact Measurements (Session Four)

10. Elements for Impact Assessment of CBT Learners • Work output • Commitment to work • Relevance of Workplace Unit Specifications to industry and learners • Trainees initiatives at work • Product evidence of learner work • Portfolios and logbooks of learners • Learner satisfaction on the job and at the workplace • Industry satisfaction of learners performance at the workplace Impact Measurements (Session Four)

11. Recommendations • Legal Backing • Government Commitment • Industry Involvement • Development Partners Involvement • Sustainable Funding • Sector Studies • Perception Improvement • Staff Commitment and Motivation Impact Measurements (Session Four)