Vocational and Technical Education Journal

This paper centered on collaboration of industries with Educational Institutions for effective training of students with skills needed for sustainable industries. The paper looked at collaboration of industries with educational institutions as a major means of bridging the gap between training and employability. The paper also looked at what TVET and collaboration is all about with ways of improving collaboration of industries with educational institutions, like the industry financing the purchase of or donating equipment and tools for TVET institutions; institutions initializing seminars/workshop with industries; training and re-training TVET Educators and Trainers; legal framework based collaboration and establishment of an organization to administer collaboration of industries with institutions. The paper also looked at skills needed for sustainable industries like management skills, marketing skills, accounting skills, computer skills and strategies to acquire the skills. It was concluded that collaboration of the industries with TVET Educational institutions will pave way for continuous training of people with the right knowledge and skills that will foster sustainable industries. It was recommended among others that the government should adequately finance TVET programmes for effective delivery.

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