TVET in an Ageing Society

Experts Meeting Proceedings

TVET_InAnAgeingSociety2006_web.jpg What are and will be implications of ageing societies for TVET? The ageing population is a major factor that is transforming societies, including the ways in which work is organised and carried out. This significant, worldwide phenomenon was the subject of an international meeting on “Technical and Vocational Education and Training in an Ageing Society”, which took place in October 2006 in Adelaide, Australia. The meeting was organised jointly by UNESCO-UNEVOC, the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), Australia, the Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education and Training (KRIVET) and the Colombo Plan Staff College for Technician Education CPSC).

TVET experts from Australia, Germany, India, Philippines and South Korea discussed and analysed the various aspects of changing TVET in ageing societies. This publication is the result of the meeting. It contains the presented papers and comments by discussants. What emerges from the papers is a picture of a worldwide trend that touches many aspects of TVET and the labour market, but one which needs to take into account the very different economies and societies of the world.

The papers appearing in this publication will be of interest to TVET policy makers, researchers and practitioners who are beginning to think about the implications of ageing societies for TVET.


Contents

Part 1:

  • Overview
  • Policy framework on retraining for reskilling of older workers through specialised TVET programs
  • Re-skilling for all? The changing role of TVET in ageing societies of developing countries
  • The changing context of TVET for the workforce in India

Part 2:

  • The reform of the Korean TVET system for an ageing society
  • Will we run out of young men? Implications of the ageing of the population for the trades in Australia
  • Ageing labour force and retraining of workers in Korea
  • Technical entrepreneurship development for the aged
  • The ageing TVET workforce in Australia: Issues and challenges


How to order

This publication can be downloaded free of charge from: http://www.ncver.edu.au/publications/1784.html

Published by: National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), Australia
Year of publication: 2007
Number of pages: 132
ISBN (web edition): 978 1 921170 62 1
Language: English


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