Girls' Transitions to Work through Higher-Quality TVET Programs in Nepal. Echidna Global Scholars Program, Policy Paper

Autor/in	Paudel, Anil
Institution	Brookings Institution, Center for Universal Education
Titel	Girls' Transitions to Work through Higher-Quality TVET Programs in Nepal. Echidna Global Scholars Program, Policy Paper
Quelle	(2019), (31 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Vocational Education; Barriers; Females; Access to Education; Equal Education; Labor Market; Social Attitudes; Cultural Influences; Job Skills; Employment Qualifications; Equal Opportunities (Jobs); Dropouts; Career Guidance; Scholarships; Educational Policy; Government Role; Nongovernmental Organizations; Educational Finance; Nepal + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Weibliches Geschlecht; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Produktive Fertigkeit; Employment qualification; Vocational qualification; Vocational qualifications; Berufliche Qualifikation; Equal opportunity; Equal opportunities; Job; Jobs; Chancengleichheit; Beruf; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Berufsorientierung; Scholarship; Stipendium; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Bildungsfonds
Abstract	Technical and vocational education and training (TVET) is widely considered an important tool in strengthening the school-to-work transition, reducing poverty, and achieving economic growth. However, significant barriers prevent girls in Nepal from realizing such opportunities. This paper, drawing from field research and desk review, identifies three major factors--education, the labor market, and social norms--underlying why girls are not able to leverage TVET to their advantage. Overall, an underemphasis and underinvestment in TVET by families, schools, government, and the private sector pose the greatest challenge to improving girls' participation in TVET and thus to girls' transitions to work. Based on my study and professional experience working to enhance the right of children to education, this paper provides policy recommendations for government, private sector, and nongovernmental organizations to improve girls' participation in TVET in order to improve their labor market outcomes and life prospects. The recommendations are concentrated in three different areas: improving girls' "access" to TVET programs, enabling their "completion" of TVET programs, and facilitating their "transition" to work. Increasing investment in TVET--along with creating a gender-transformative approach that enables females to participate more fully in both TVET programs and the labor market--would meaningfully help to realize the promises of education in Nepal. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01