Curriculum Development in TVET

Meeting the Demands from Business and Industry

On 15-27 June 2009, a training programme organized jointly by SEAMEO VOCTECH (http://www.voctech.org.bn/) and UNESCO-UNEVOC on “Curriculum Development in TVET: Meeting the Demands from Business and Industry” took place in Bandar Sri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam.

Twenty education policy-makers and practitioners from 10 countries in Southeast Asia (Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam) participated in the programme, which stressed the importance of integrating education for sustainable development (ESD) issues into TVET curricula. The training focused particularly on industry- and competency-based curricula that are responsive to the current labour market needs.

Outcomes of the programme

The participants of the training programme are now able to carry out the following tasks:

• Analyze the conditions of and trends in existing TVET curricula in the Southeast Asian region;
• Explain the different processes of how to conduct industry-based curriculum development;
• Identify the needs of business-/ industry-based organizations in terms of work-related competencies/skills to be acquired by the labour force;
• Demonstrate the procedures of conducting task/job analyses;
• Demonstrate the processes of developing performance standards;
• Design sample curricula; and
• Develop a plan of action for implementation in their respective workplaces.

Documents

Summary report (http://www.unevoc.unesco.org/fileadmin/user_upload/docs/ReportBruneiJune2009.pdf)