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technical knowledge and skills that are desired by its private sector labor market (p.
560).
1.4.4. Wider Scopes
Current VET system is a skill focused diversified provider which has wider scopes to attract
people (both young and adult) from different social background. It is more inclusive compared
to the academic study or university education system where it can cater for various groups of
people. For example, people from poor background, rural and remote areas, people having
disabilities, and adult who need to advance in their careers among others (Lamb, 2011).
Therefore, people from different groups may enter VET systemwith different reasons as shown
in graph below:
From the Figure 1.4, it shows that people enter with different reasons and expectations into
training sectors (VET). For example, they expect to get jobs which is the strongest reason
according to this graph showing 25.6%followed by “to gain extra skills” of 18.7% among others.
Figure 1.4 Graduates reasons of training
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1.4.5. Participation Trends
Research about VET in the last 20 years shows that it has been undertaken by people of all ages,
but for the purpose of being clear about the general picture of VET, we would categorize
participants’ age into two groups i.e. between 15 to 24 years and above 25 to 64 years. This is
done to compare participation of these age groups in VET. It can be demonstrated as shown in
the figure below: