This study shows that inclusion is a multidimensional issue and calls for a holistic approach, which is crucial for addressing inequalities in the TVET system, guaranteeing the educational rights of youth with disabilities and giving opportunities to improve their employability and enter decent employment. recommendations have been developed for the systematic inclusion of different target groups, as well as in the portfolios of development cooperation, especially in German development cooperation concerning the TVET.
This study report summarizes the research of a team composed of three experts from Kenya, South Africa and Germany. The team leader is Rainer Tump, a German sociologist with 33 years of professional experience in development cooperation including seven years as team leader for GIZ projects in Angola, and Botswana, Mozambique and Namibia. A special focus of his work and research is the inclusion of PWD and other disadvantaged persons in rural areas of Southern and Eastern Africa.
This study was commissioned by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH against the backdrop that persons with disabilities (PWDs) and other vulnerable groups like women, migrants, and LGBTQI+ are disadvantaged and face multiple difficulties in accessing technical and vocational education and training (TVET) systems that enhance their future employability. Consequently, the overall objective of this study is “[to provide] stakeholders in selected partner countries with disaggregated data and enabling orientation of inclusion in TVET of persons with disabilities and other disadvantaged groups, like women, thereby contributing to the 2030 Agenda and the principle of “leaving no one behind”.14 The study will allow the GIZ “Global Project Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities” to strengthen its efforts on the African continent, especially in the field of TVET [Read more...]
