Review of the TVET System in Malawi

National Seminar, Lilongwe, Malawi, 2-3 November 2009

The UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre contributed to a Capacity Building for Education for All (CapEFA) activity led by the UNESCO Office in Harare to strengthen TVET in Malawi. The Centre prepared a paper entitled “International Review and Synthesis of TVET Reform: Reforming to Last and for a Brighter Future”, which was presented as a key text to inform the analyses and discussions at the national seminar The Review of TVET System in Malawi for the Past Ten Years: Successes and Challenges (Lilongwe, Malawi, 2-3 November 2009). This seminar was organized to facilitate a review of TVET issues that confront Malawi against the backdrop of its own experiences in the past ten years, developments in other countries in the region, and experiences elsewhere in the world.

The main goal of the seminar was to enhance the Ministry of Education’s capacity to develop, implement, monitor and review legal and policy frameworks for TVET in Malawi to ensure that such documents respond to national challenges and realities as well as to regional and international trends and developments.

The seminar resulted in the formulation of recommendations in the areas of TVET policy, institutional frameworks, monitoring and enforcement, and programmes.