Addressing Skill Gaps: Continuing and Remedial Education and Training for Adults and Out-of-School Youths in Sub-Saharan Africa

Ngatia, Muthoni; Rigolini, Jamele

doi:10.1596/978-1-4648-1149-4_ch5

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“…Specific learning techniques are needed to allow students to learn and practice the necessary skills (Abuzour et al , 2018). “Learning to learning” is also emphasized as an objective for education and is viewed as a fundamental asset for lifetime learning (Jõgi and Kikas, 2016; Ngatia and Rigolini, 2019). Earlier research on the topic noted that, when facing the United Nations Decade of Education, higher education institutions will need to act as supportive and essential members in making their possible future employment more productive (Velazquez et al , 2005).…”

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Exploring the effects of learning abilities, technology and market changes on the need for future skills

Gouda

2022

HESWBL

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PurposeThe study investigates the effects of learning abilities, market changes and technological development in the field of the need for future skills.Design/methodology/approachThis quantitative research is a descriptive study, as it describes the characteristics of variables. Non-probability sampling was applied. A survey was distributed online during May–July, 2021, using a cross-sectional timeframe, to managers (in three industries: FINTECH, FMCG and industrial/production field) who work with teams of Gen Z and Millennials. The data collected were analyzed using SPSS.FindingsThere is a significant positive relationship between learning abilities and future skills development, there is a significant positive relationship between technology development and future skills development, and there is a significant positive relationship between market changes and future skills development.Research limitations/implicationsData were collected through online surveys, focusing on three industries. This study neglects the use of qualitative data in order to gain further explanations regarding the main factors influencing employees' future skills development in times of globalization, advanced technology, global crisis, and the need for sustainability, the model of qualification for future jobs seems dynamic and controversial. This study's empirical evidence illustrates that future skills need to be developed for employees in order to affect their methods with regard to performing their role in the company.Originality/valueNew skills are necessarily emerging in the labor market. The maturity level of higher education institutions to promote these skills is questioned. Thus, this study develops empirical knowledge for educational institutions regarding the effects of learning abilities, market changes and technological development.

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Exploring the effects of learning abilities, technology and market changes on the need for future skills

Gouda

2022

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Why skills anticipation in African VET systems needs to be decolonized: The wide-spread use and limited value of occupational standards and competency-based qualifications

Allais

2023

International Journal of Educational Development

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Addressing Skill Gaps: Continuing and Remedial Education and Training for Adults and Out-of-School Youths in Sub-Saharan Africa

Cited by 2 publications

References 41 publications

Exploring the effects of learning abilities, technology and market changes on the need for future skills

Exploring the effects of learning abilities, technology and market changes on the need for future skills

Why skills anticipation in African VET systems needs to be decolonized: The wide-spread use and limited value of occupational standards and competency-based qualifications

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