Turkey Workforce Development : SABER Country Report 2012
Although Turkey experienced prosperous growth during the early and mid-2000s, similar success could not be achieved in increasing the employment rate. The Turkish economy, which had already started to slow down in 2007, was severely affected by the...
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| Format: | Report |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2015
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/10/25165617/turkey-systems-approach-better-education-results-saber-country-report-2012 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23012 |
| Summary: | Although Turkey experienced prosperous
growth during the early and mid-2000s, similar success could
not be achieved in increasing the employment rate. The
Turkish economy, which had already started to slow down in
2007, was severely affected by the global economic crisis in
2008, and the global financial turmoil led to a sharp
contraction starting in the last quarter of 2008. The
Recovery began in the last quarter of 2009 and was rapid,
with growth reaching 9 percent in 2010 and 8.5 percent in
2011. Successful development of the workforce requires a
Technical and vocational education and training (TVET)
system that is aligned with the needs of the labor market.
The ‘Strengthening Vocational and Technical Education and
Training Project’ (SVET), launched in 2005, aimed to address
the mismatch between education and training programs and the
needs of the labor market. Among other achievements, the
SVET program resulted in the establishment of the Vocational
Qualifications Authority and the development of modular
education programs with an emphasis on proficiency and
specialization. Also, in 2010 the government initiated a
combined approach to enable such alignment through the
action plan for strengthening the linkages between
employment and Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET). |
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