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| Title: | Apprenticeship Systems and the Creation of Employment Opportunities |
| Author: | Kishindo, Paul |
| Year: | 1995 |
| Periodical: | Journal of Social Development in Africa (ISSN 1012-1080) |
| Volume: | 10 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Pages: | 53-60 |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | biblio. refs. |
| Geographic terms: | Malawi Central Africa |
| Subjects: | apprenticeships nonformal education Labor and Employment Education and Oral Traditions education Occupational training Skills development youth Job vacancies Apprenticeship |
| Abstract: | Under the influence of UNESCO, the government of Malawi launched the functional literacy programme in 1986. This programme sought to establish a direct link between the acquisition of reading, writing and numerical skills and the solution of problems which impeded progress towards a higher standard of living. Although the functional literacy programme also caters for out-of-school youths, it has failed to attract or retain youth enrolment. From the evidence it would appear that out-of-school youths are more concerned with getting jobs to earn a living than merely learning reading, writing and arithmetic. If poverty is to be alleviated, these youths should be equipped with the capacity to earn a cash income. This could be done by training them in marketable skills. However, since no formal training institutions will admit them - the existing technical schools demand as a minimum entry qualification a Junior Certificate of Education (obtained after two years of secondary education), while the rural trade schools require at least eight years of primary school education - these skills would have to be obtained through a nonformal apprenticeship system linked to the functional literacy programme. Under such a scheme, a learner would be attached to an experienced artisan or craftsman to learn a trade or craft by direct observation and practice. Bibliogr., sum. |
