EU-funded report on vocational training in region released

By JT - Mar 03,2016 - Last updated at Mar 03,2016

AMMAN — Fifty per cent of participants in a 2015 Zarqa Vocational Training Centre training programme on selling in retail shops who were looking for jobs succeeded in finding employment, according to a study released Thursday.

The study showed that 79 per cent of graduates are satisfied with the training programme provided at the centre, according to a statement sent to The Jordan Times.

After five months of graduation, 31.6 per cent of the graduates managed to find jobs. Also on Thursday, the European Training Foundation, the Employment-Technical and Vocational Education Training Fund Council and the Vocational Training Corporation released the EU-funded “Governance for employability in the Mediterranean”, which covers nine countries of the region including Jordan.

The report presents the outcomes of a mapping, analysis and self-assessment of vocational education and training in Jordan. The study recommended engaging more with social partners and civil society to improve the alignment of vocational training supply with labour market demand.

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