2018
LELAM-TVET4Income team was invited to join debate about dual TVET in Beninese television
From October 7-12, 2018, the LELAM-TVET4Income team visited Benin for its Steering Committee Meeting. In the course of this visit, Prof. Esaie Gandonou, Principal Investigator team Benin at the University of Abomey-Calavi, and Prof. Ursula Renold, Principal Investigator team KOF Swiss Economic Institute, ETH Zurich, and LELAM-TVET4Income Project Coordinator, were invited to join a discussion round in the Beninese television ORTB about the dual TVET systems in Benin and Switzerland.
New Twitter account of the LELAM-TVET4Income Project: tweet4tvet
Check out the new Twitter account of the LELAM-TVET4Income Project: tweet4tvet.
Inauguration Master in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (MTVET) at Kathmandu University (KU) School of Education (KUSOED)
Kathmandu University School of Education (KUSOED) has launched a new academic program in the beginning of August 2018: the Master in Technical and Vocational Education (MTVET). The program was developed by Prof. Dr. Mahesh Parajuli, Dean of the School of Education at the KU Kathmandu and Principal Investigator for Nepal in the LELAM-TVET4Income Project, and his team. The development and introduction of the MTVET is financed through the LELAM-TVET4Income Project.
Planning launch of Master in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (MTVET) at Kathmandu University (KU) School of Education (KUSOED)
Kathmandu University, School of Education Conducts an Information Sharing and Discussion program with Private Sector on a MTVET Program that will be launched August 201
The Center on the Economics and Management of Education and Training Systems (CEMETS) 2018
From June 28-July 7, 2018, the fourth CEMETS Summer Institute took place. Besides six teams of education reform leaders from Serbia, South Africa and the American states of Colorado and California, also four teams of the LELAM-TVET4Income project partner countries Benin, Chile, Costa Rica, Nepal participated in ten intensive days of lectures and site visits.
PhD Workshop of the LELAM-TVET4Income Project
From May 28, 2018 to June 7, 2018, the Swiss partners of the LELAMTVET4Income project invited invited all five PhD students of the project and the researcher from Costa Rica to attend a two-week workshop on TVET and methods in Zurich. During the workshop, PhDs also presented and discussed their PhD proposals.
R4D Steering Committee Meeting in Costa Rica
In January 2018, the steering committe of the R4D project held a Steering Committee Meeting in Costa Rica and also learning more about the Costa Rican VET situation.