47,000 youth to get vocational training

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ISLAMABAD: The government will provide vocational training to 47,765 youth in the next two and half years under a President�s programme titled �Funni Maharat� at an estimated cost of Rs1.17 billion.
Executive Director National Vocational & Technical Education Commission (NAVTEC), Khalid Khan Toru, said that NAVTEC was establishing 130 vocational institutes in 79 uncovered and backward tehsils of Punjab, Sindh, NWFP, Balochistan, Azad Kashmir and FATA in which 47,765 youth would be imparted with technical education and vocational training in two and a half years.
He was speaking as a chief guest at a prize distribution ceremony at the conclusion of the First National Skills Competition for Women 2009, held at the Government Polytechnic Institute for Women on Saturday.
Toru said that the federal government was following a well thought-out policy for women development and wanted their empowerment in every sphere of life. �This policy is producing encouraging results.�
The Ministry of Women�s Development is currently implementing a five-year project nationwide with financial support of $10 million from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to promote economic, political and social empowerment of women at national, provincial and district levels, he added.
Talking about the Prime Minister�s �Hunarmand Pakistan Programme�, Toru said that NAVTEC under this programme was sponsoring short-term skilled development courses in which four areas were being given priority which included construction, agriculture (livestock and dairy development), IT and telecommunications, and services or hospitality.
He informed that under the programme, 120,000 youth have either completed their technical and vocational education and training, or are currently under training.
He foresees skilled workers playing a major role in future economic development. Citing the examples of Japan, China, Singapore and Malaysia where skilled workers played a vital role in shaping their economies, the chairman said that we have to produce highly skilled force like these countries to achieve sustainable economic progress and prosperity.

VIEWPOINT: No child left behind -- except at EHOVE

By MARIE HILDEBRANDT Register columnist | Friday, June 19, 2009 9:08 AM EDT

For 131 area high school sophomores, there will be no room at the inn come September.

EHOVE Joint Vocational School has notified area high schools that of the 586 teens who applied for admission to the school, only 455 have been accepted for next year’s programs.

Guidance counselors at the school say there are specific reasons some students are rejected by EHOVE: discipline problems; academic problems, which would make it difficult to graduate from high school with the required credits; and in some instances, the program has been filled and there are no open seats for applicants.

Counselors say there are remedial summer programs students can attend to fulfill the required credit hours and that then admission will be considered. They also say those students who meet EHOVE standards, but who are rejected because the program is filled, are placed on waiting lists and might still be able to attend classes in September.

According to high school principals, the application process which allows EHOVE to turn down students seeking admission to vocational programs has been in practice for at least 10 years.

That EHOVE can turn students away from its doors is news to the average person, especially in light of the fact that the bulk of its funding comes from property taxes.

It doesn’t seem right.

But the problem is not unique to EHOVE. Joint vocational schools throughout the state are now considered “career centers”. The emphasis is changing from post high school employment to technical training leading to post secondary education.

Vocational education in the United States dates back to Colonial America when children without academic opportunities were offered apprenticeships for on the job training.

Over the centuries the evolution of vocational education has taken many turns. In the 1880s industrial training became prevalent and during the early 1900s the federal government saw the need to provided industrial education in urban areas and agricultural education in the rural areas. The government defined vocational education as training to help nonacademic students obtain jobs after high school.

In 1963 the federal Vocational Education Act provided for the construction of vocational education school buildings and broadened the definition of vocational education to include occupational programs.

School-to-work became the theme in the 1980s for those students not interested in higher education, but vocational education also started transitioning into links with academic education including secondary and post secondary schools.

Today, vocational schools define themselves as career centers. Advances in technology; the opportunities for jobs in technical fields; the decline of the industrial base; and the limited number of industrial jobs are all factors that have contributed to the change.

Logically, on one hand, it makes sense for vocational schools to transition into career centers.

But on the other hand, there are still 131 teens in Erie, Huron and Ottawa counties who are being told, “Forget the future, there is no future here for you at EHOVE.”

What happens to these kids? If the programs in traditional high schools are inadequate, and if the kids are not college bound, and if there is no place for them at EHOVE, what is the alternative? And, how did this happen right underneath our noses without public awareness?

This is very hard to accept. At a place in time when we like to believe that no child will be left behind, we are leaving children behind. Voters in the school districts serviced by EHOVE have, in good faith, continued to approve levies for funding the joint vocational school for 40 years. But the truth is out now. Now we find some of our kids aren’t good enough for EHOVE and that the “Iron Fist” of EHOVE can accept or reject any kid it feels doesn’t measure up to the school’s standards.

It’s a dirty, rotten shame!

Area superintendents and area high school principals are reluctant to talk about the problem. It is an issue they say they have discussed in state-wide meetings, but, they say, the state hasn’t listened to their concerns.

Some state officials had better start to listen. Maybe it is time for the electorate to join with school officials to add strength to the cause.

WIC Training and Education Program

Stanbio Laboratory LP has created a new Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Training and Education Program designed to help expectant mothers get their hemoglobin levels checked and take advantage of proper nutrition.

The Boerne-based medical testing and clinical diagnostic device manufacturer announced the program during the last month’s National WIC Association’s 26th Annual Conference in Nashville.

Stanbio manufactures the HemoPoint H2 Test System, which is used to test hemoglobin levels in patients with a single drop of whole blood. Hemoglobin testing is routinely performed in blood banks, public health clinics, intensive care units and trauma units. Point-of-care hemoglobin testing is also ordered by OB/GYNs and general and pediatric physicians.

Stanbio created the WIC program as a way to effectively market its HemoPoint device as a complete system to WIC providers. The company is working to provide participant and clinician education on the value of hemoglobin testing and its direct relationship to nutrition. The company is also including recipes on iron-rich foods and information on the importance of iron during child development to prevent anemia.

Stanbio manufactures and sells medical testing and diagnostic devices for clinical chemistry, pregnancy, drug abuse, serology, urinalysis and hemoglobin testing.

Web site: www.stanbio.com

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Career Training and Education

Once you have a career goal in mind, the next step is to determine your education and training needs. What are the occupation’s education requirements? Do you have the necessary skills and training? Which options will you use to gain the skills you need?

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Education Vs. Training

Many people do not understand the difference between education and training. The study will provide information and communicate the internship. Training is about building skills and practices. The children of today, it's best to train generations of uneducated workers.

This problem if we do not educate them before the train, they will lead to problems. It's important you learn how to drive. You need to have knowledge of the law and training and then go after the real joke is that you can learn about the birds and bees - if not, in fact, research conducted in training can bring. Toward desirable results!

Mark Flores, Director of Operations for pariah E. Cheese 'S macaroni and cheese using examples to show the difference. We have Mac and cheese, all done many times in our lives, but if we do not follow the instructions exactly, we may get macaroni soup, macaroni or other Krisfi what we intend. Then we show how education and training to be consistent?

Manual. Boooooooooring! We want the document, but fun! Total tons of pictures and minimal text, so it is more ridiculous line of view, more people remember what they had seen what they read. So, instead of gathering data is better. In addition, it can translate to other languages

Video better than reading for most people, but they should be short (3 - 5 minutes maximum) with tons of virtual image changes. Current employees are used to watching CNN talk to a video trailer. Well below the forecast and the side - when all four online chats with their friends. Long, jilt the video to lose interest quickly. And see what you are doing to learn. You can see the next section later.

Online Gold White Castle jail, sea island shrimp house, Buffalo Wild Wings is missing and E. Cheese 'in general or the use of electronic test. Because it was done at a rate of speed of learning. Caution: As we have seen e-mail letter will not be too easy to read computer. The message store that will be lower. Review the questions to create a border for the Study to promote the good way to replace the video and print, but not "training."

Experiment, we've looked at all the hate! To guarantee the stability of the test bar and keep the image simple. (How many pictures as possible), and many choose to buy or use of real-lie format to ensure the most consistent order our employees, not fill in the blank or essay - make sure that basic test. Are all training the same way real-grade test?

Above all a form of "training" is the only true education, but most think he's training director. We do not accept the license of the driver after reading books, watching videos and testing - we have trained our staff to show before we are allowed to drive. Education is evil, but requires that before

We follow the same format with employees? Some companies do not - we only remember that a bunch of useless information to join a small care. Less, we're ready. You should check the skills to work and will test once again in the future, know the job and the two completely different things - and announce guests.

Proficiency testing

Employs a new display showing the skills for the management of two things: how the training received in the employee can perform the job. We all think we can get the same definition of "blessing participants" or "suggestive selling" But when we see the workers to do all that we find throughout the Board. If you do not coach them through the skills that they will do what they see. Other restaurant (which usually is not good). All these validations conducted between 90 to 180 days in the usual psychological

People train people that there is only a good employee does not mean they are good practice. Appropriate tools of knowledge will help, but the final result is shown coaching, training and validation of employee skills. To explain this point of the training team to train you can tie on the shoes. Or wear the shirt. Act like you know about this?. The point is simple, because we can make the bed - such as burgers or ringing up orders - but incredibly difficult to train someone else how to do.

Education & Training

Journal of Education & Training

Unique Attributes

Education & Training addresses the increasingly complex relationships between education, training and employment and the impact of these relationships on national and global labour markets. The journal gives specific consideration to young people, looking at how the transition from school/college to employment is achieved and how the nature of partnerships between the worlds of education and work continues to evolve.

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The Journal explores vocationalism in learning and efforts to address employability within the curriculum, together with coverage of innovative themes and initiatives within vocational education and training.

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The Journal is read by policy makers, educators and academics working in a wide range of fields including education, learning and skills development, enterprise and entrepreneurship education and training, induction and career development.

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