This paper analyses the relationship between formal education and the formal employment sector in Nepal. The analysis of several individual-level surveys between 1995 and 2014 shows that completed teriary education increases the probability to be wage-employed in the non-agricultural sector,...

Technical and vocational education and training (TVET) programs are most successful at supporting youth labor markets when they combine education and employment. Education-employment linkage theory describes this combination in terms of power-sharing between actors from the education system and...

Social institutions are relatively stable patterns of behavior or joint action that help overcome fundamental problems and perform a function in society. The robustness of such institutions underlies their effectiveness at solving problems, but such robustness is difficult to assess. Building on...

An 25 Standorten bieten Höhere Fachschulen für Wirtschaft (HFW) den Bildungsgang "dipl. Betriebswirtschafter/in Höhere Fachschule (HF)" an. Dieser soll Individuen im kaufmännischen Bereich helfen, sich zu Generalisten mit Fach- und Führungsverantwortung zu qualifizieren. Der Bildungsgang...

The present report should help the GoN to map out key elements to facilitate TVET federalisation. The report is intended to help stakeholders involved in Nepal's TVET sector understand the key steps to be taken towards federalisation.

Das Schweizer Berufsbildungssystem geniesst international hohes Ansehen. An den Berufsweltmeisterschaften belegen die jungen Berufsleute aus der Schweiz regelmässig Spitzenplätze. Doch wie hat sich in der Schweiz der soziale Status der Berufsbildung im Vergleich zum gymnasialen Weg entwickelt?...

The Swiss vocational education and training (VET) system is held in high regard by other countries. Young skilled workers from Switzerland consistently secure top marks at world skills competitions. But how has the social status of VET developed relative to that of baccalaureate schools? What...

Le système suisse de formation professionnelle jouit d'une renommée internationale. A l'occasion des championnats du monde des métiers, les jeunes professionnels suisses obtiennent toujours les meilleures places. Mais comment le statut social de la formation professionnelle a-t-il évolué en...

The SkillsFuture Earn and Learn Programme (ELP) targets graduates from the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) and Polytechnics. During the programme's 12-to-18-month duration, ELP participants spend about 20% of their time in classroom education at the ITE and Polytechnics and 80% in...

This report analyzes KOF Willingness to Train Survey responses from up to 377 companies in Colorado to understand the current situation of skills and how companies train to produce more skills when necessary. It also assesses how Colorado’s stakeholders cooperate and interact to facilitate...