UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY JAMAICA

FACULTY OF EDUCATION AND LIBERAL STUDIES

SCHOOL OF TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION

SPECIAL METHODS

TVET IN JAMAICA

LECTURER: MR. W. NUNES

STUDENT: RYAN BONNER

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 Technical and Vocational Education and Training: An Introduction

Before we can begin to outline the History of TVET in Jamaica, we first need to

understand what TVET is. According to UNESCO, One of the important distinctions that

traditionally occurs in any consideration of work, and education for the world of work, is

between work that has a largely intellectual component, and that which is highly practical in

nature and requires the individual concerned to work ‘more with their hands than their head.’

Thus, the traditional distinction between ‘white collar employment,’ which generally means the

professions and semi-professions, and work in offices, and ‘blue collar’ work, which involves

technical skills in the various crafts and trades, and technicians and technologists, in productive

enterprises. In the emerging Information Age, both the nature of work and preparation for work

are undergoing major changes, so that such black and white distinctions have become

problematic.

Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) is concerned with the

acquisition of knowledge and skills for the world of work. Throughout the course of history,

various terms have been used to describe elements of the field that are now conceived as

comprising TVET. These include: Apprenticeship Training, Vocational Education, Technical

Education, Technical-Vocational Education (TVE), Occupational Education (OE), Vocational

Education and Training (VET), Professional and Vocational Education (PVE), Career and

Technical Education (CTE), Workforce Education (WE), Workplace Education (WE), etc.

Several of these terms are commonly used in specific geographic areas.

The different era’s of TVET
References

(2017, August 28). What is TVET? Retrieved from https://unevoc.unesco.org/go.php?q=What is

TVET