Skills System
Increasing incomes by improving skills development to unlock wage and self-employment opportunities
Many firms in Addis Ababa with high growth potential are functioning with low productivity and below capacity due to the low skill level of workers. Current Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) does not provide the type and quality of training employers need. Conversely, firms lack sufficient knowledge, time, and resources to invest in on-the-job training. Poor women and youth, who rely on TVET colleges and workplace training for skills development, are therefore not able to gain the necessary skills to access employment opportunities or increase their incomes.
Critical Constraints
We are focused on the following intervention areas to address the critical constraints
Trainers lack the skills and experience needed for appropriate training and quality delivery
Training curricula are outdated and do not meet market requirements
TVET colleges underinvest in marketing to increase awareness and improve perceptions
TVET colleges have poor institutional capacities to ensure effective skills delivery
Intervention Focus areas
We are focused on the following intervention areas to address the critical constraints
Quality improvement of trainers, curricula, and content, including development of up-to-date curricula that align with market requirements and extension and improvement of training delivery through new models and trainer capacity building
Coordination and engagement of relevant stakeholders, which involves improving linkages and relationships between market actors and building their capacity to ensure lasting change and ongoing investment and innovation
Marketing and improving perceptions toward TVET programming through improvements in TVET marketing capabilities, strategies, and incentives
Institutional strengthening of TVET colleges through improvement of national directives, rules, functions, and leadership development
System Lead: Save The Children
Other focus systems
Micro & small
enterprise (mse)
system
Reducing barriers to business entry and growth and stimulating innovation
Medium & large
enterprise (mle)
system
Creating more and higher paying jobs through growth of medium and large manufacturers