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1) Demand and supply of skills in Ghana: how can training programs improve employment and productivity?
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Skills development in Ghana encompasses foundational skills, transferable/soft-skills, and technical and vocational skills. This report focuses on one segment of this skills development system: formal and informal technical and vocational education and training (TVET) at the pre-tertiary level. TVET represents a major intersection between education, youth and the labor market. The government has long promised to the population that increasing technical...
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"In Apprentice Nation, education and workforce expert Ryan Craig explores how a modern apprenticeship system will allow students and job seekers to jumpstart their careers by learning while they earn - ultimately leading to greater economic opportunity, workforce diversity, and geographic mobility"-- Provided by publisher.
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"A visionary guide for the future of learning and work Long Life Learning: How to Prepare Yourself for Jobs That Don't Even Exist Yet offers readers a fascinating glimpse into a near-future where careers last 100 years, and education lasts a lifetime. The book makes the case that learners of the future are going to repeatedly seek out educational opportunities throughout the course of their working lives -- which will no longer have a beginning, middle,...
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"From Katherine Newman, award-winning author of No Shame in My Game, and sociologist Hella Winston, a sharp and irrefutable call to reenergize this nation's long-neglected system of vocational training. After decades of off-shoring and downsizing that have left blue collar workers obsolete and stranded, the United States is now on the verge of an industrial renaissance. But we don't have a skilled enough labor pool to fill the positions that will...
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2012
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viii, 358 p. ; 24 cm.
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This book provides an overview of the philosophy and mission of the nonprofit organization A Year Up. It shares the story of this pioneering program that offers low-income young adults training, mentorship, internships, and jobs with leading companies, tracing the progress from admissions through graduation to illuminate student challenges, failures, and successes.
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