Media Statement on Cayman Islands National Training Council
- Advising the Minister on policy relating to technical and vocational education and training including alternative modes of financing and delivery of TVET in compulsory, tertiary and non-compulsory education, as well as TVET for specially identified groups such as Prisoners and ex-Prisoners;
- Working with the Ministry to develop a short, medium and long term workforce development plan which includes areas of future occupational demand, and which guide policy framework development to support TVET in school programmes;
- Advising on the development of a Quality Assurance Framework that establishes minimum competency standards for TVET that meet regional and international standards and that includes processes for the registration and accreditation of training institutions;
- Advising the Ministry and Department of Education Services (DES) on curriculum structure and reform that anticipates labour needs in the short, medium and long term and to review and guide career counselling and processes, in relation to TVET; and
- Assisting in the development of industry-specific TVET apprenticeship and traineeship programmes targeted at school leavers, unemployed youth and mid-career persons.
Published November 23, 2016
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