Making education inclusive and practical worldwide

Global Project Education

Kenya	Ministry of Education (MoE)
Mongolia	Ministry for Labour and Social Protection (MLSP)
Pakistan	National Vocational and Technical Training Commission (NAVTTC)
Senegal	Ministry of Vocational Training, Apprenticeship and Integration (MFPAI)
South Africa	Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET)

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Context

In many places, technical and vocational education and training (TVET) lacks practice orientation. Companies are rarely involved in vocational training, and so TVET often fails to meet the requirements of businesses.

In addition, 129 million girls and young women worldwide are not in school. Gender-specific barriers often deny them access to education. At the same time, there is a lack of gender-responsive education sector planning in many countries.

Objective

Access to practice-oriented TVET in infrastructure projects and gender-responsive education sector planning are improved in selected countries.

Approach

There are two components to the project:

Build4Skills

TVET provided in close cooperation with companies teaches trainees important skills for the world of work and equips them to work in their chosen profession. Build4Skills applies this principle and uses the potential of construction projects for practical training.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and African Development Bank (AfDB) are project partners that invest in infrastructure projects which serve as training sites. Build4Skills is involved in training in-company instructors and promotes investments in vocational training to businesses.

In addition, the component supports women in technical professions in partnership with Siemens Pakistan.

BACKUP Education

BACKUP Education supports partner countries of the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) in applying for funding to reform their education systems. This offer is available to all of the more than 90 GPE partner countries.

BACKUP Education works with GPE to put gender equality at the heart of education and to encourage partners to access additional funding specifically for girls’ education that has been made available as part of the Support Her Education (SHE) initiative launched by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).

In cooperation with the United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative (UNGEI), BACKUP Education promotes training measures for education stakeholders and facilitates supraregional sharing of knowledge and experience.

Last update: August 2023