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12<br />

Almost 19% of countries did not report this information<br />

in 2014, mostly because they reported no secondary<br />

enrolment data at all. A further 8% could not distinguish<br />

technical-vocational from general secondary enrolment,<br />

sometimes due to differences between national <strong>and</strong><br />

international definitions. For example, national sources<br />

showed 19% of US secondary school graduates focusing<br />

on a technical-vocational course of study in 2009<br />

(Dortch, 2014). As these studies may be offered as a<br />

single course or part of a career pathway, they do not<br />

map neatly onto the international definitions that<br />

separate general from vocational secondary school<br />

programmes. Hence UIS does not report technicalvocational<br />

enrolment data for the United States.<br />

In 2014, 11 million students were in post-secondary<br />

non-tertiary education programmes, which may last<br />

from six months to several years. In the 54 countries<br />

that identified the type of programme, 95% of students<br />

were enrolled in technical <strong>and</strong> vocational programmes.<br />

Notable cases where the share of enrolment in technicalvocational<br />

programmes was lower were China (38%),<br />

Egypt (18%) <strong>and</strong> France (51%).<br />

Many national systems offer technical <strong>and</strong> vocational<br />

programmes at the tertiary level, through either a shortcycle<br />

tertiary or a professional programme, but the UIS<br />

annual survey does not separate out this enrolment.<br />

Therefore, for the purpose of monitoring target 4.3,<br />

students enrolled in tertiary level technical <strong>and</strong><br />

vocational programmes are not currently counted.<br />

Adding participation in workplace-based programmes<br />

The main challenge for a comprehensive measure of<br />

youth participation in technical-vocational programmes<br />

is how to capture the incidence of workplace-based<br />

education <strong>and</strong> training. One option is to ignore workplace<br />

programmes altogether. Combined participation<br />

rates from institution-based <strong>and</strong> workplace-based<br />

programmes would need to reflect differences in<br />

duration, instruction methods <strong>and</strong>, ultimately, the skills<br />

acquired. They would also need to account for the vast<br />

differences in labour market contexts between countries,<br />

which result in very different kinds of skills training.<br />

And yet, workplace-based education <strong>and</strong> training is<br />

a very important source of technical-vocational skill<br />

formation for youth. Ignoring it would considerably<br />

narrow the scope of monitoring the target. Such<br />

information can only be captured by using data from<br />

labour force, enterprise or household surveys.<br />

For this report, an analysis of 12 countries 1 drew upon<br />

administrative <strong>and</strong> survey data to explore the implications<br />

of a broader measure of participation in technical-vocational<br />

programmes. In keeping with the remit of the proposed<br />

indicator, the analysis pooled data for all youth aged 15 to 24. 2<br />

In the case of institution-based programmes, about 7%<br />

of youth participated in such technical <strong>and</strong> vocational<br />

programmes in lower, upper or post-secondary nontertiary<br />

formal education, according to administrative<br />

data reported by UIS in the 12 countries. The estimate<br />

increased to 9% if ministry reports, agency databases<br />

<strong>and</strong> other sources of official information on institutionbased<br />

programme enrolments, whether from education<br />

ministries or other recognized providers, were added<br />

(Figure 12.2). The data were validated with comparisons<br />

to the reported national qualifications frameworks.<br />

Two factors account for the two percentage point<br />

difference. First, no data are reported in some cases. For<br />

example, no UIS data are available for technical-vocational<br />

participation in Jordan <strong>and</strong> Viet Nam, even though both<br />

countries have well-developed national programmes. In<br />

Viet Nam, 2.4 million students, or 14% of all youth, were<br />

enrolled in such programmes in 2010/11. The programmes<br />

FIGURE 12.2:<br />

A broader definition suggests wider youth access to<br />

technical-vocational programmes<br />

Youth participation rate in technical-vocational institution<strong>and</strong>/or<br />

workplace-based programmes, selected countries,<br />

2012 or most recent available year<br />

Youth participation rate (%)<br />

75<br />

50<br />

25<br />

0<br />

Nepal<br />

Institution- <strong>and</strong>/or workplace-based, estimated<br />

Institution-based, estimated<br />

Institution-based, reported<br />

Armenia<br />

Ug<strong>and</strong>a<br />

Egypt<br />

Jordan<br />

Kenya<br />

Source: GEM Report team analysis based on UIS data, official country<br />

reports <strong>and</strong> household surveys (World Bank Skills Toward Employment<br />

<strong>and</strong> Productivity, ILO School-to-Work Transition Survey, OECD<br />

Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies).<br />

Sri Lanka<br />

Viet Nam<br />

Colombia<br />

Rep. of Korea<br />

Sweden<br />

Netherl<strong>and</strong>s<br />

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CHAPTER 12 | TARGET 4.3 – TECHNICAL, VOCATIONAL, TERTIARY AND ADULT EDUCATION

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