Vocational Education and Training in Sub-Saharan Africa. Current Situation and Development

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Vocational Education and Training
in Sub-Saharan Africa
Current Situation and Development
Friedhelm Eicker, Gesine Haseloff, Bernd Lennartz
Vocational Education and Training
in Sub-Saharan Africa
Current Situation and Development
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The contributions in this publication were presented at the Vocational Education
andDevelopmentSymposium.ThesymposiumtookplaceinWindhoek,Namibia
from 23 to 25 August 2016. It was funded by the VW Foundation and directed by
the Namibia University of Science and Technology.

Contents
Foreword ............................................................. 9
Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in Sub-Saharan
Africa: the missing middle in post-school education
Peliwe Lolwana ........................................................ 11
Cross-country comparison of TVETsystems, practices and policies, and
employability of youth in Sub-Saharan Africa
Moses Oketch.......................................................... 25
Session 1
Vocational Education and Training (VET) (cid:2) Basics for teaching and research in
Vocational Education and Training at Universities........................... 39
A comparative study of TVET in 5African Countries with a specific focus on
TVET Teacher Education
Joy Papier............................................................. 41
Dual Vocational Education and Training Systems in Europe: Lessons learned
from Austria, Germany and Switzerland
Waldemar Bauer
Michael Gessler............................................................4.8.
Developing Lecturers at VET Institutions through Engagements with
Industry: the South African Experience
Ken Duncan........................................................... 67
Models of University-based Further Education Programmes (FEPs) for
Vocational Education and Training Practitioners and the Economic
Development of Sub-Saharan Africa
Benjamin A. Ogwo..................................................... 74
Contents 5
Applied Learning design in an online VET Teacher Education course:
Apedagogical framework that responds to the needs of mature-aged,
employed students
Jillian Downing ........................................................ 83
Paradigms for Networking Universities and Vocational Education and
Training Institutions on Competency-Based Further Education in Sub-
Saharan Africa
Benadeth N. Ezekoye ................................................... 93
Theory and method of reflection levels (cid:2) its use in Vocational Education
and Training
Martin D. Hartmann................................................... 104
Further Education for Technical and Vocational Education and Training
Teachers at Pedagogical University, Maputo
Br´ıgida D‘Oliveira Singo ................................................ 112
Fundamentals of the development of Vocational Education and Further
Education of VET pedagogues in Sub-Saharan Africa
Friedhelm Eicker ....................................................... 119
The Train the Trainer-System (cid:2) Results of a research and development
project for and with VET pedagogues in Sub-Saharan Africa
Gesine Haseloff ........................................................ 127
Session 2
Establishment of a VET system with focus on Further Education (cid:2) presentation
of ideas on the motivation and establishment of a Further Education system
(FES), especially in Universities in Sub-Sahara Africa......................... 134
TT-TVET in Sub-Saharan Area: A proposal for work-process-oriented Teacher
Training in the field of Vocational Education and Training
Ralph Dreher.......................................................... 137
Construction of Professional Tasks Based Curriculum for Applied Further
Study Programme at Bachelor Level (cid:2) take Nursing Distance Education as
an example
Zhiqun Zhao, Baozhi Sun............................................... 145
Situation and Development of Vocational Education and Training and VET
Science in Namibia
J. Kamwi Subasubani................................................... 152
In-service Teacher Training for VET institutions: the challenge of evaluation
in Comunitat Valenciana (Spain)
Anna Ciraso-Cal´ı, Carla Quesada-Pallare`s, Edith Mariana Rebollar-Sa´nchez .... 158
6 Contents
Participatory research on teaching practice as basis for Teacher Education
and networking between universities and VET schools
Guiseppe Tacconi, Adula B. Hunde ....................................... 167
TVET-University Nexus: Room for Synergy
Ewnetu Hailu Tamene .................................................. 175
The “three branch model” of Further Education of in-company Vocational
Educators: Linking in-company Learning Projects, external training in
Further Education and University Learning
Nicolas F. Schrode ..................................................... 183
TVET Teacher Further Education: Practice, Experiences and Reflections of
Stakeholders in Catholic Sponsored Community Colleges in East Africa
Peter Changilwa Kigwilu................................................. 194
Establishment of a VET-system with focus on Further Education (cid:2)
Presentation of ideas on the motivation and establishment of a Further
Education system, especially in universities in Sub-Saharan Africa
Alpheas Shindi......................................................... 205
The Challenge of Contextualization and Domestication of VET Reforms for
Higher Education Staff Capacity in East Afrika
Winston Jumba Akala................................................... 212
Session 3
What are concepts or conditions of success for a networked VET learning and
teaching (oriented on competence, working practice, flexible, etc.) and especially
for a networked Further Education system in VET?.......................... 219
Short cycle Higher Education programmes for Further Education of VET
Practice skills trainers (cid:2) An attractive alternative for VET trainers
Piet Lem, Fons Dehing, Cornelis van Dorp ................................. 221
Understanding the English subject offered in the South African Technical
Vocational Education and Training Colleges and its implications for the
curriculum delivery
Mary M. Madileng ..................................................... 231
A Review on TVET Programmes in Ethiopia: An Experience in Biomedical
Technician Education
Esayas Alemayehu...................................................... 240
From “the Chicken or the Egg” Technical-Vocational and Informal Training
Story to Industry‘s Manpower, What Comes first? A Philosophical Study
Daniel Dinis da Costa................................................... 249
Contents 7
The Concept of Competence Based Assessment in Vocational Education
and Training
Ethel Kyobe............................................................ 257
Shaping and networking with digital media in Further Education:
Conceptional and strategic considerations
Christoph Bohne ....................................................... 264
Learning and Exchange Platforms: An Approach to professionalise TVET
trainers in Namibia?
Silke Partner........................................................... 275
Promoting effective Work Integrated Learning (WIL) and Recognition of
Prior Learning (RPL) practices in the TVET sector through research
Nothemba Joyce Nduna................................................. 282
Teachers understanding of Entrepreneurship Education in Malawi Secondary
Schools
Feggie M. Mphasi ...................................................... 298
Design of Current Technical and Vocational Education and Training System
in Zambia
Gabriel S.Konayuma ................................................... 303
Competency based Education and Training for Training of Trainers in
Vocational Education in Namibia: Acurriculum evaluation
Lance P. Hauuanga .................................................... 311
Professionalization of VET teachers and Curriculum Development in VET
System: Results of Survey, Practice and Challenges in Burkina Faso, Senegal
and Germany
Wendkouni J. Eric Sawadogo............................................. 316
Professionalization of VET teachers in Ethiopia: The current practices, the
challenges and the way forward
Adula Bekele Hunde, Giusseppe Tacconi................................... 329
Closing remarks....................................................... 342
Authors............................................................... 346
8 Contents
Foreword
In Sub-Saharan Africa, research and development in Vocational Education and
Training (VET), including the primary and Further Education of vocational edu-
cators (in VET colleges and universities), seem confusingly diverse. VET experts
fromvarioustheoreticalandpracticalbackgrounds(cid:2)especiallyyoungVETscien-
tistsfrom,forinstance,SouthAfrica,MozambiqueandEthiopia(cid:2)finditdifficult
to analyze and reflect the current situation and foreseeable developments in VET
science in Sub-Saharan countries. Therefore, it is challenging to bring the Sub-
Saharan African achievements to the international scientific discussion on VET.
HeldatNamibiaUniversityofScienceandTechnology(NUST)inWindhoekfrom
22 to 25 August 2016, with the support of the German Volkswagen Foundation,
the Symposium on the Current Situation and Development of Further Education
andResearch inVocationalEducation andTraininginSub-Saharan Africaoffered
participantsfromSub-SaharanAfricancountries,aswellasfromEurope,Australia
and Asia, a unique opportunity to establish and strengthen VET networks. Scien-
tists and practitioners from the Vocational Education sector came together to in-
itiate a discussion process on VET in general and on the Further Education of
VET educators in particular.
The general objective of the VET Development Symposium was to explore ideas,
new research findings and case studies on competence and networking (cid:2) topics
that are frequently the subject of debate in VET and the Further Education of
VET professionals. This discussion should be encouraged, considering previous
concepts of competence and networking, to support the development of practical
options and implications.
In order to achieve the outline objective, the VET Development Symposium was
structured in three parallel sessions:
Session 1 Vocational Education and Training (cid:2) Basics for teaching and research
in Vocational Education and Training at universities. The participants endeavored
to analyze the current situation of VET in Sub-Saharan Africa by exploring the
character and individual design of the current VET systems in the participating
countries.
Foreword 9