Skills Development: Vocational Education
in the Islamic Countries
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Governmentof OIC countries:
Policies: The government should formulate policies on:
 TVET teachers should work for a certain period in industry;
 TVET institutions should ensure quality education and training;
 Youths’ opinions should be taken into consideration;
 Large companies should install one sample machine for training and educational
purposes.
Funds: Governments of OICmember states should take necessary initiatives towards use of the
resources economically, restrict corruption, and allocate of required funds to improve TVET
sectors towards poverty eradication.
Infrastructure (set-up): Government of less developed countries in OIC should:
 focus more on building capacity of TVET institutions;
 Increase the number of TVET institutions throughout the country to attract more poor
people.
Monitoring System: Governments of OIC member stateswill establish a monitoring system (if
there is none) that will inspect the overall activities of government initiatives such as ensuring
quality, executing policies, checking the fund, and the like.
Attractiveness and Social Value:
 In order to enhance attractiveness and popularity of TVET sectors and skill training,
government of OIC member states should organize promotional activities such as
seminar, conference, public awareness talk, advertisementthrough radio, television and
Internet.
 Government should take necessary steps to increase social status of TVET graduates,
such as offering attractive salary, recognizing their contributions, treating equally like
other graduates
Others: The government should:
 come forward to create jobs for skilled people;
 take initiatives to introduce English in TVET sectors gradually;
 Build hostels in different TVET institution to accommodate students who come from
rural area.
Specific to Bangladesh
 Before sending TVET teachers to other developed countries for gaining knowledge and
expertise on modern techniques, the government of Bangladesh should choose the
training program (country) which has a connection with development of Bangladesh.
 Government of Bangladesh should recruit more experienced teachers tohandle double shift
teaching operation.
Specific to Palestine
 Government of Palestine and other under developing countries in OIC who lack funds
should work more closely with NGOs and other donor agencies.