Insight Magazine Nov/Dec 2016

Training
CONTINUED
Would VET/TVET qualif ications address skills shortages in your industry?
Yes
No
Partially
I don’t know
Other
• 75% of Sierra Leone’s population is below the age of 35, and this
number will only grow
• 42% are under 15
• 60% of young people are structurally unemployed – among the
highest in West Africa
Skills in demand are drivers, mechanical operators, and after-sales
services for electronics and generators. Construction skills are in
demand around urban areas, but carry the risk of separating young
people from their families in rural areas.
A Blue Print for Youth Development
SIERRA LEONE’S NATIONAL YOUTH PROGRAMME 2014- 2018
10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Respondents represented a very wide spectrum of industries, with professional services, manufacturing, energy &
utilities and education combined accounting for over half.
ANSWER CHOICES
RESPONSES
Agriculture 6.45%
Arts & Entertainment 0.00%
Banking & Finance 3.23%
Construction 9.68%
Education 12.90%
Energy & Utilities 12.90%
Healthcare 0.00%
Hotels & Hospitality 6.45%
Manufacturing 12.90%
Mining 3.23%
Professional Services 19.35%
Publishing 3.23%
Telecommunications 3.23%
Transportation & Logistics 3.23%
Tourism 3.23%
Only 9.5 percent of adult women have reached a secondary or
higher level of education, compared with 20.4 per cent of their male
counterparts. Only f ive percent of them participate in wage employment.
A Skilled Workforce for Strong, Sustainable and Balanced Growth:
A G20 Training Strategy
Broad availability of quality education as a foundation for future training. Education for all, and children in school
and not at work, is an essential foundation of future training.
Building solid bridges between the world of work and training providers in order to match skills provision to the
needs of enterprises. This is often done best at the sectoral level where the direct participation of employers
and workers together with government and training providers can ensure the relevance of training.
Continuous workplace training and lifelong learning enabling workers and enterprises to adjust to an increasingly
rapid pace of change.
Anticipating and building competencies for future needs. Sustained dialogue between employers and trainers,
coordination across government institutions, labour market information, employment services and performance
reviews are steps to an early identification of skill needs.
Ensuring broad access to training opportunities, for women and men, and particularly for those groups facing greater
difficulties, in particular youth, lower skilled workers, workers with disabilities, rural communities.
The TVET
address book:
The TVET Coalition:
https://tvetcoalition.wordpress.com/about/
Lifeline Nehemiah Projects:
http://lifelinenehemiahprojects.org/home
Schooling for Life:
http://schoolingforlife.net/
Afford SL:
http://www.affordsl.com/
The Prince’s Foundation:
http://www.princes-foundation.org/
The British Council:
http://www.britishcouncil.sl/
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