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    The Role of Community Colleges in Skills Development: Lessons from the Canadian Experience for Developing Asia
    The Role of Community Colleges in Skills Development: Lessons from the Canadian Experience for Developing Asia
    The Role of Community Colleges in Skills Development: Lessons from the Canadian Experience for Developing Asia
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    The Role of Community Colleges in Skills Development: Lessons from the Canadian Experience for Developing Asia

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    This book presents key features, attributes and defining characteristics of Canadian Community Colleges and Institutes of Technology and the lessons they offer to developing countries in Asia. Internationalization initiatives of Community Colleges suggest that partnerships in skills and human capital development are possible in countries at various stages of development and are in fact the hallmark of successful global economies. The publication draws lessons from the Canadian approaches while suggesting that no model can simply be transplanted to Asia and the Pacific. Rather the Canadian approaches should inspire countries to create their own new models and practices.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAsian Development Bank
    Release dateNov 1, 2015
    ISBN9789292572259
    The Role of Community Colleges in Skills Development: Lessons from the Canadian Experience for Developing Asia

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      The Role of Community Colleges in Skills Development - Asian Development Bank

      THE ROLE OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES IN SKILLS DEVELOPMENT

      LESSONS FROM THE CANADIAN EXPERIENCE FOR DEVELOPING ASIA

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                        The role of community colleges in skills development: Lessons from the Canadian experience for developing Asia.

      Mandaluyong City, Philippines: Asian Development Bank, 2015.

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      Foreword

      Postsecondary education and training institutions are viewed by countries around the world as engines for accelerating growth through human capital development needed for knowledge-based economies. Emerging economies in Asia too aspire to strengthen advanced skills and education systems in order to move up global value chains. While developing countries in Asia have recorded high growth rates in the last decade, they face possible stagnation unless they are able to upgrade the quality and capability of their work force in line with the demands of world markets. This is where many economies are struggling.

      There are growing problems of skills mismatches – training offered in technical and vocational education and training institutions is not in tune with the demand of employers and the market place. There is considerable lag between evolving market trends and change in the offerings of courses and disciplines for technical and professional training. It is clear that education systems need to become more diverse and offer a range of credentials to support the growth of industries and economies, particularly in those countries that aspire to move beyond middle income levels.

      A recent report by ADB (Special chapter of Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2015) notes that developing Asia spent over $1.2 trillion on education in 2014, but stresses that higher spending alone will not have the desired impact on skills development. The report finds that up to 28% of existing jobs in some economies could be at high risk of disappearing as a result of technological changes. While new job opportunities will arise, a solid base of cognitive skills and non-cognitive skills are required to translate opportunities to concrete benefits for Asia’s workforce.

      In the overall post secondary landscape, community

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