On the (Un)Successfulness of Dual Education Read more about On the (Un)Successfulness of Dual Education Find out why dual education is less successful in ADB’s developing member countries and the implications for ADB’s policy dialogue on TVET. In German-speaking countries, the government offers dual education as a solution to the socio-economic challenges facing young people who are not in employment, education, or training. A culture of social partnership is essential to establishing a sustainable dual education system.
On the (Un)Successfulness of Dual Education Read more about On the (Un)Successfulness of Dual Education ADB’s Fabian Mayr elaborated on the dual vocational education models in German-speaking countries, including their limited transferability and success to increase employability. He also highlighted implications for ADB operations to improve work-based learning approaches in developing member countries.
7th International Skills Forum: Anticipating and Preparing for Emerging Skills and Jobs Read more about 7th International Skills Forum: Anticipating and Preparing for Emerging Skills and Jobs How do education and training systems respond to the rapid changes in technology? How will education and training transform to help equip future workers to co-exist with and manage machines in creating new opportunities?
Digital Strategies for Development Forum 2017 Read more about Digital Strategies for Development Forum 2017 Asia is ready to fully embrace the digital economy. Discover the latest developments in ICTs for education and smart cities. The 2017 Digital Strategies for Development Forum, a collaborative event with ADB and UNESCO, provided a venue for high-impact discussions on ICT for Development and tackled country and sectoral/thematic development strategies towards building a digital economy in Asia and the Pacific. A side event on 5–6 September 2017 included the 14th APT Telecommunications / ICT Development Forum.
Training the Hippo: Communication and the Education of India’s Rural Kids Read more about Training the Hippo: Communication and the Education of India’s Rural Kids In providing equity investments to social enterprises with sound business models such as Hippocampus Leaning Centers (HLC), ADB’s experience has shown that there is a need to intensify communication approaches to sustain the delicate balance between commercial sustainability and affordability, and provide quality education to increase learning outcomes. This report discusses in detail how HLC was able to identify its communication needs and address the communication challenges to increase enrollment, recruit suitable teacher candidates, and get the support of the community.
Hippocampus Read more about Hippocampus Hippocampus Learning Centers (HLC) is a company that pioneered an affordable supplementary education offering kindergarten and after-school programs for rural kids 3 to 11 years of age in India’s State of Karnataka. Using the pooled experiences of its Founder, Board of Directors, and staff in early child education and knowledge of the education sector and market, it identified the tactical and strategic communication challenges of setting up and sustaining private primary centers in rural India.
Manzul Kumar Hazarika Keywords GIS ICT AIT administration geoinformation system Read more about Manzul Kumar Hazarika Dr. Manzul Kumar Hazarika has assumed charge as Director of AIT’s Geoinformatics Center (GIC).
Experience of Mobile Phone Survey in Sri Lanka on Technical and Vocational Education and Training Read more about Experience of Mobile Phone Survey in Sri Lanka on Technical and Vocational Education and Training Using results-based lending, Asian Development Bank (ADB)’s project on skills sector enhancement in Sri Lanka sought to improve the employability of youth who graduated from ADB-supported technical and vocational education and training (TVET) programs to 52% in 2016. Interactive voice response, a digital technology using automated phone calls, was used to verify whether TVET graduates are currently employed.
Ryotaro Hayashi Keywords ADB Read more about Ryotaro Hayashi Ryotaro works on improving the education sector in South Asia, particularly Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, India and Nepal. Before joining ADB as a Young Professional in 2015, he has worked for 10 years in international development organizations like the World Bank, the Japan International Cooperation Agency, and Japan Bank for International Cooperation.
Using Entertainment Education for Projects Read more about Using Entertainment Education for Projects Edutainment or the use of entertainment genres to communicate development messages can help change behavior and shift mindsets about development issues. This report shares examples of what makes edutainment work, and imparts lessons on using edutainment approaches.