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Life skills or work skills appear to be a set of characteristics that are held to be essential to success or fulfillment in the world-of-work and/or life more generally. Such work skills are typically oriented towards the kind |
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of work that is an increasing
proportion of economic activities in advanced economies.
Such skills are believed by many to be already possessed by
individuals and communities but are seen as being in need of
further development. However, it is apparent that there is
considerable variation in understandings of the notions of
life skills and work skills.
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| Ø Importance of Skills Development in a Globalized Economy | |
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This section discusses the
reasons for the importance of
skills development in a
globalized economy. It sheds
some light on the different
characteristics of globalization
including technological change,
job instability, non-standard forms of work as
well as reliance on the external
labor market. It also focuses on
the relationship between
globalization and the informal
sector. |
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| Ø Challenges Facing the Delivery of Core Skills Program | |
| Ø Human Resources Development and Training | |
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This section discusses the
objectives of human resources
development and training. It
explains the indicators for
skills requirements. And it also
includes a description of the
required external environment,
as well as the critical factors
for the success of vocational
training. |
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| Ø Vocational Education, Schooling and the Labor Market | |
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This section is divided into two main parts; Vocational education and labor market and vocational and academic schooling. |
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