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Embedding soft skills development in Tourism and Hospitality curriculum to enhance employability of young people in Mozambique

Since 2022, the British Council has been working in the TVET sector in Mozambique with a focus on supporting their national policy aspiration to build a “quality, efficient and effective education system that responds to the needs of human development”. Our objective To support institutional capacity building, the British Council has facilitated a UK-Mozambique International Skills Partnership focused on embedding soft skills development in curriculum and building capacity of staff in participating institutions.

VET Toolbox in Ghana: building skills for agricultural productivity

Ghana's agricultural sector faces a shortage of skilled workers, particularly in technical roles essential for increasing productivity

Partnering for a greener future

The collaborative approach is at the heart of a partnership between the Devon and Cornwall Training Providers Network in the UK and IFMEREE in Morocco.

Mentoring partnerships

Between 2019 and 2022, through VET Toolbox, we helped to connect UK colleges with VET institutions in other countries through partnerships aimed at enhancing private sector engagement

South Africa: Creating clear growth pathways for VET colleges

Through VET Toolbox, the British Council worked with the Department of Higher Education and Training in South Africa to support the development of a quality assurance framework

Sri Lanka: Boosting the relevance of TVET

Through VET Toolbox, the British Council supported the TVET sector in Sri Lanka to enhance the quality of apprenticeship provision

Improving the effectiveness of VET reforms in Pakistan

Through VET Toolbox, the British Council supported Pakistan’s TVET sector to embed new reforms aimed at promoting apprenticeships, enhancing accreditation and making TVET more inclusive.

Building a more inclusive, demand-driven TVET sector in Malawi

Through VET Toolbox, the British Council worked with the Ministry of Labour in Malawi to contribute to building a more inclusive, demand-driven TVET sector

Student-centred Quality Management in South Africa

South Africa has fifty public Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Institutions spread across nine provinces to enable access for all communities

A Memorandum of Understanding between Council for Technical Education & Vocation Training and five employer associations contributes to the Employer Labour Market Secretariat

A Memorandum of Understanding was signed to mark the formal handing over of 30 Occupational Standards in three key sectors, a key milestone under the ELMS project.