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An Analysis of the Technical and Vocational Education Programs in the Philippines and Selected Countries

Cynthia Dizon-Abella

 

Abstract:

Technical and vocational education, more popularly referred to as Voc-Tech, plays a vital role in addressing the poverty alleviation. The primary objective of all technical and vocational education and training programs is the acquisition of relevant knowledge, practical skills and attitudes for gainful employment in particular trade or occupational area. In view of the rapid and technological advances adaptability and life-long learning have become the second major objectives of vocational and technical training and the third is to develop tech-voc education and training as vehicle for rapid industrialization, as well as economic development, empowerment and social mobility of the individual.