31 May 2012
3rd TVET Congress Shanghai May 2012: A Milestone towards a New Global World of Skills Development?
by Kenneth King. NORRAG is finally taking the plunge into the brave new world of the blog-pool. We hope it will help to fill the six months’ gaps between our regular special issues of NORRAG News, and engage our 4000 members with some more of the rapidly changing debates in international education and training. And... Read More
31 May 2012
The UNESCO World VET Report and the Purposes of VET
by Simon McGrath. One of the most important contributions of the UNESCO World Report on VET is its argument that the purposes and performance of VET should be viewed through three policy lenses. The economic lens is the most conventional one used to analyse VET, but the equity lens is also very well-established in some... Read More
31 May 2012
Ensuring the Relevance of any International Education Agenda Beyond 2015
As we approach the target date set for Education for All (EFA) and education-related MDGs, global and (UN-led) national processes are being initiated to review experience thus far and to begin defining the possible shape of the post-2015 development and education agenda(s). In doing so, it is important to start by highlighting the issue of... Read More