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3. Current Enrolment (students)
A: Total no of students in VET (2016): 4200000 (24.2%)
B: Total no of students in TVET (2016): 875270 (23.95%)
P: 6.47% of the total number of Palestinian students (2014)
U: Total no of students in BTVET (2016): 45242
4. Teaching Strategy
A: Research identified two broad teaching strategies: teacher-focused to student focused
(competency based training)
B: TVET institutions generally focus more on skilled focused teaching than theoretical knowledge
(Ref: this study)
P: TVET institutions generally focus more on skilled focused teaching than theoretical knowledge
(Ref: this study)
U: TVET institutions generally focus more on skilled focused teaching than theoretical
knowledge (Ref: this study)
5. Quality assurance
A: Australian VET sectors strictly followed their quality through different bodies.
B: National Skills Quality Assurance System (NSQAS) has been proposed by the national skills
development policy which is at initial level.
P: Gaza strip of Palestine has not yet established Quality Assurance unit
U: The organized quality assurance unit in TVET sectors is largely absent
6. Social Perceptions
A: students and parents still have different perceptions about TVET sectors and Higher
education. However, graduates are well recognised in the society.
B: Social awareness about TVET sectors increases day by day. Graduates of TVET sectors are not
equally treated in the society like other graduates from Higher education.
P: Graduates of TVET sectors are not well recognized in the society. Beside general people
awareness towards TVET sectors is still very low.
U: Social awareness about TVET sectors increases day by day. Graduates of TVET sectors are not
equally treated in the society like other graduates from Higher education.
7. Special emphasis on Poor student
A: Generally VET courses and programs are not free in Australia
B: Government offer free programs for female, and in many cases for male students. Private
institutions do not offer free programs
P: Generally TVET courses and programs are not free in Gaza Strip (Palestine)
U: Generally TVET courses and programs are not free in Uganda