These policy measures include strategies for better addressing the need of TVET teachers and instructors.
Participants are major entrepreneurs, TVET Specialists, Vocational Educationists and international youth support reform experts.
Ideally, TVET is relevant to the needs of the labour market, of high quality, and broadly accessible.
"I hope this conference would result in giving us tangible road map in TVET and general education integral".
It is doing this by addressing aspects of the current and future TVET system needs to deliver quality education.
They will be joined by a variety of experts and specialists in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET).
She added that the employment rate for TVET graduates was over 95 percent.
The Congress will make proposals to transform and expand TVET around the world.
The next phase is now to include TVET in the data collection exercise.
The Organization thus promotes TVET and skills development for the world of work within a broader framework of lifelong learning.
Many believe that education for green economies must increasingly be part of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) programmes.
UNESCO-UNEVOC is also the hub of a network of key organizations and institutions specializing in TVET in UNESCO Member States worldwide.
Executive Director, NAVTTC, Tariq Shafi Chak urged to define role of TVET in general education and to incorporate in school curriculum.
Therefore, a sustainable delivery of quality Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) is a critically important aspect of Pakistan education system.
It was agreed that the Conference advanced understanding on TVET policies and strategies for integrating academic courses with vocational education through equivalency.
UNESCO-UNEVOC particularly focuses on contributing to the overarching UNESCO goals in TVET.
It model also requires close involvement of the business sector in TVET.
In his presentation David Atchoarena reviewed some of the reasons UNESCO gives such high priority to Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET).
It is widely believed that TVET should be further integrated into secondary school level and redefined to make it flexible, relevant, inclusive and sustainable.
The UNESCO-UNEVOC Online Library functions as a resource centre for TVET experts, practitioners and students with its wide range of over 4000 specialized TVET publications.
The 2012 GMR on TVET will address the challenge of making the transition from school to work, including organizing a major conference in China in 2012.
The future of TVET in India and all other countries of the world will be the focus of Third International Congress on TVET (Shanghai, 13-16 May 2012).
Due to absence of right perception, young people are not motivated to join TVET, at the same time its crucial to establish linkages of TVET with current industry.
Participants included the Government of India, State Secretaries of Education, academic and TVET institutions, national and international experts in planning and assessment, NGOs, industry partners and UN agencies.
The Congress will be divided into several thematic sessions, including the role of TVET in development, connecting youth skills with work and strengthening the recognition of TVET qualifications.
The UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (UNESCO-UNEVOC) assists UNESCO's 195 member states strengthen and upgrade their technical and vocational education and training (TVET) systems.
Based on results drawn from the two-day workshop, the group of international and TVET experts will draw recommendations and framework for policy level reform for vocational training in Pakistan.
The two day workshop will look into different models of TVET, challenges and issues of expenditure, accessibility, sustainable funding and indentify the causes of failure of TVET in Pakistan.
Presently, TVET in Pakistan is confronted with multitude of problems and issues such as low quality and relevance, non-availability of duly qualified and motivated teachers, inadequately equipped workshops and inadequate funding.
Asked about her perception of major challenges, Ms Bokova noted that the growing demand worldwide to improve technical and vocational education and skills (TVET) in a context of global economic crisis.
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