The Importance of Material Resources and Qualified Trainers in Adult Non-Formal Education and Training Centres in South Africa

Autor/inn/en	Mayombe, Celestin; Lombard, Antoinette
Titel	The Importance of Material Resources and Qualified Trainers in Adult Non-Formal Education and Training Centres in South Africa
Quelle	In: International Review of Education, 62 (2016) 2, S.187-204 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0020-8566
DOI	10.1007/s11159-016-9548-7
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Nonformal Education; Adult Education; Community Programs; Job Skills; Job Training; Human Resources; Public Agencies; Private Agencies; Certification; Employment Qualifications; Program Effectiveness; Instructional Materials; Teacher Competencies; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Non-formal education; Non formal education; Nichtformale Bildung; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Produktive Fertigkeit; Berufsqualifizierender Bildungsgang; Humankapital; Öffentliche Einrichtung; Abschlusszeugnis; Zertifizierung; Employment qualification; Vocational qualification; Vocational qualifications; Berufliche Qualifikation; Lehrmaterial; Lehrmittel; Unterrichtsmedien; Lehrkunst; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	Non-formal education and training (NFET) programmes in public and private centres in South Africa aim to meet the training needs of adults who have been deprived of formal education which would have fostered skills acquisition and access to employment earlier in their lives. The concern which informs this paper is that adults who face long-term unemployment due to a lack of marketable skills often remain unemployed after completing NFET programmes. The paper assesses the extent to which material and human resources have affected skills acquisition and graduate employment in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The results show that material and human resource challenges in most public and some private centres have led to gaps in skills training. Programmes focus too strongly on academic credits and certificates and not enough on employment as an end goal. The authors argue that the existence of suitable training materials and qualified trainers with practical experience and specific technical skills constitutes favourable conditions ("enabling environments") for graduate employment. Without improvement in material and human resources, adult trainees will continue to experience difficulties integrating into the labour market, and the cycle of poverty and social exclusion will remain unbroken. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01