scholarly journals How Successful is Field Training Program offered by the Public Authority for Applied Education and Training, PAAE&T, Kuwait, in Reducing Dependence on Expatriates?

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
pp. 54-66
Author(s):  
Salah Al-Ali
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Education ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Public Authority ◽  
The Public ◽  
Field Training ◽  
Technical And Vocational Education ◽  
Oil Sector ◽  
Applied Education ◽  
And Training

Technical and vocational education would significantly serve the need of developing countries in terms of lower the rate of poverty, reducing the number of people/youth unemployment, ensuring a stable economy, reducing rate of crimes, higher earning, and increasing self-development. It is also essential for the gulf states such as: Kuwait, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, where the lack of skilled and semi-skilled indigenous manpower is notable in essential sectors of their economy (e.g., electricity and water, health care, oil sector, infrastructure). Technical and vocational education is a dual type of educational system that would facilitate the transmission of students into work place. It is considered as a ‘golden” opportunity particularly for youth to be easily employed by industries and business. The success of technical and vocational education would depend, to great extent, on the efficiency of apprenticeship where students spend certain time at industrial premises to gain the required skills. It allows students to experience the real work environment and to interact with machine, devices, and tools applied in industrial production site. This paper examines how successful is the field training program offered by the selected colleges and institutions at the Public Authority for Applied Education and Training, PAAE&T, in providing local industries with indigenous skilled and semi-skilled qualified manpower. The research is based on extensive field work that encompasses a review of the related literature, interviews with sample of heads of supervisors/heads of departments at the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Communications, Ministry of Electricity and Water, and the oil sector in order to assess the quality of field training program. Finally, the research will argue that unless the management of technical and vocational colleges and institutions recognize and appreciate the value of enhancing the quality of field training program with local industries, its contribution in tackling the shortage of skilled and semi-skilled indigenous in essential sectors on the economy will be below the government expectations, thus continuing relaying on expatriates for years ahead.

Preparing a Future Graduate Workforce for Work

2013 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 89-103
Author(s):  
Salah Al-Ali
Keyword(s):  
Direct Contact ◽  
Public Authority ◽  
Department Heads ◽  
Direct Impact ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
The Public ◽  
Applied Education ◽  
Business Requirements ◽  
And Training

This paper reports on a study that examined factors which had a direct impact on the quality of graduates from the Public Authority of Applied Education and Training (PAAE&T) in Kuwait. The study also examined the extent to which the graduates met the requirements of local employers. It consisted of a review of the literature; a questionnaire given to a sample of students in selected departments; interviews with department heads at the PAAE&T; Deans of related colleges and institutions; Deans of industrial liaison offices in the selected sample of the PAAE&T; supervisors in industry who had direct contact with prospective PAAE&T graduates; and employed graduates. The findings indicate that there is a need to develop a proper labour strategy to ensure that graduates from PAAE&T are equipped with the required knowledge, skills and attitudes to meet industry and business requirements.

scholarly journals The Impact of Partnership between the Public Authority for Applied Education and Training and the Kuwaiti Labor Market on the Outcome Quality of the Training Sector

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (12) ◽  
pp. 53
Author(s):  
Hadi S. AlHarbi
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Public Authority ◽  
Simple Random Sample ◽  
Outcome Quality ◽  
The Public ◽  
Applied Education ◽  
The Impact ◽  
And Training

The present study aimed to explore the impact of partnership between the Public Authority for Applied Education and Training and the Kuwaiti labor market on the outcome quality of the training sector. The study’s population consists from all the officials who work at the public bodies that benefit from the outcomes of the Public Authority for Applied Education and Training. A simple random sample was selected. It consists from 300 officials. Questionnaire forms were distributed to all of the selected officials. However, 209 forms only were retrieved and considered valid for statistical analysis. Thus, the response rate is 69.7%. It was found that the partnership between the Public Authority for Applied Education and Training and the Kuwaiti labor market has a significant impact on the outcome quality of the training sector. The researcher recommends activating the role of the partnership between the Public Authority for Applied Education and Training and the Kuwaiti labor market.

scholarly journals How successful is the Industrial Institutes, Kuwait, in reducing dependence on expatriates?

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
pp. 78-102
Author(s):  
Salah Al-Ali
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Education ◽  
Youth Unemployment ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Strong Linkage ◽  
Skilled Manpower ◽  
Extensive Field ◽  
Technical And Vocational Education ◽  
Oil Sector ◽  
The Government

Nowadays, no one can deny the role played by technical and vocational education in reducing the rate of youth unemployment, low rate of poverty, high wages, and livelihood for workers, particularly younger workers. Technical and vocational education is a dual type of educational system that permit students to acquire the necessary knowledge, skills, and attitudes mostly needed by industries and business. The quality of technical and vocational educations would facilitate the transformation of students from classrooms, workshops, and laboratories into real work environment. The success of technical and vocational education in achieving the its objectives would depend on the quality of management in forging a strong linkage with industries and business. The concept of working in a “black box” would not apply in technical and vocational education since industries and business are the main contributors in shaping students’ knowledge, skills, and attitudes. Kuwait, as one of the gulf states, the shortage of indigenous skilled and semi-skilled manpower in noted in essential sectors of the economy (e.g., electricity and water and the oil sector). Key figures have appreciated the significant role of technical and vocational institutions in providing essential sectors of the economy with the skilled and semi-skilled national manpower in order to reduce, to great extent, the dependence on expatriates. The Sabah Al-Salem Industrial Institute, SSII, and Shuwaikh Industrial Institute, SII, was forged between 1992-1993, by the Kuwaiti Government with the aim to equipped local manpower with the know-how and know-why that are applied in local industries and business. The research is focus on measuring the perception of a sample of heads of supervisors at the Ministry of Electricity and Water and at the oil sector towards the quality of the graduates from the Sabah Al-Salem Industrial Institute, SSII, and Shuwaikh Industrial Institute, SII. The research is based on extensive field work that encompasses a review of the related literature, interviews with a sample of heads of supervisors at the Ministry of Electricity and Water and at the oil sector to assess the quality of SSII & SII, graduates. Finally, the research will argue that unless the Sabah Al-Salem Industrial Institute, SSII, and the Shuwaikh Industrial Institute, SII, recognize and appreciate the value of building a strong linkage with local industries, its contribution in tackling the shortage of skilled and semi-skilled indigenous in essential sectors on the economy will be below the government expectations, thus continuing relaying on expatriates for years ahead.  

scholarly journals How successful is the Higher Institute of Energy, Kuwait, in reducing dependence on expatriates?

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
pp. 187-208
Author(s):  
Salah Al-Ali
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Education ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Skilled Manpower ◽  
Management Responsibility ◽  
Technical And Vocational Education ◽  
Oil Sector ◽  
The Government ◽  
Sector Decision

The role of technical and vocational education in enhancing indigenous capabilities is highly discussed by authors, observers, and academics. In fact, there is a common understanding that technical and vocational education is a dual educational system that allow students to transfer what they have been learned in classroom, laboratories and workshops into real work environment. The success of technical and vocational education would depend on the management mentality in the ability in forging and effective and fruitful linkage with industries and business. It is a management responsibility to identify and determine the level of knowledge, skills, and attitudes that are mostly required by the recipients of technical and vocational graduates.  Kuwait, as one of the gulf states, the shortage of indigenous skilled and semi-skilled manpower in noted in essential sectors of the economy (e.g., electricity and water and the oil sector). Decision makers have realized the significant role of technical and vocational institutions in providing essential sectors of the economy with the skilled and semi-skilled national manpower in order to reduce, to great extent, the dependence on expatriates. The Higher Institute of Energy, HIE, was forged by the Kuwaiti Government with the aim to equipped local manpower with the know-how and know-why that are applied in local industries. The research is focus on measuring the perception of a sample of heads of supervisors at the Ministry of Electricity and Water and at the oil sector towards the quality of HIE graduates. The research is based on extensive field work that encompasses a review of the related literature, interviews with a sample of heads of supervisors at the Ministry of Electricity and Water and at the oil sector to assess the quality of field training program and the standard of the HIE graduates. Finally, the research will argue that unless the HIE recognize and appreciate the value of building a strong linkage with local industries, its contribution in tackling the shortage of skilled and semi-skilled indigenous in essential sectors on the economy will be below the government expectations, thus continuing relaying on expatriates for years ahead.  

FACTORS INFLUENCING ENROLMENT STUDENTS IN TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING SCHOOLS

2010 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 58-67
Author(s):  
Thuy Thi Chau Cao
Keyword(s):  
High Schools ◽  
Young People ◽  
Vocational Education ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Vocational Education And Training ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Training Schools ◽  
Technical And Vocational Education ◽  
And Training

Attracting more young people to join Technical and Vocational Education and Training schools (TVET) is an important measure so as to enhance the quality of labor workforce. This paper presents a study on factors influencing on the number of people registrating into TVET schools after they graduate from high schools. The aim of this study is to explain why, currently, in Vietnam, there is only a limited number of pupils in high schools registering into TVET schools. Based on that, a couple of proposals are made to encourage more young people to enrolling in those schools.

scholarly journals The Degree of Achieving ISTE Standards among Pre-Service Teachers at “the Public Authority for Applied Education and Training” (PAAET) in Kuwait from Their Point of Views

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 69
Author(s):  
Budour Almisad
Keyword(s):  
Basic Education ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Public Authority ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
The Public ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Iste Standards ◽  
Applied Education ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
And Training

The aim of the study was twofold; first, to examine the degree of achieving International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) standards among pre-service teachers at the college of basic education at the Public Authority for Applied Education and Training (PAAET) from their point of views and second, to examine differences in the pre-service teachers’ point of views of the degree of achieving ISTE standards based on their gender, age, major, academic year, their technological competence, their attitudes towards the use of technology, and their extent of technology use. A cross-sectional design was used; questionnaire instrument was designed and developed to collect data from the participants. The participants were student teachers enrolled in different classes in the summer semester in the academic year of 2018/2019 at the college of basic education at “the Public Authority for Applied Education and Training” (PAAET) in Kuwait. Two hundreds and eighty three pre-service teachers completed the questionnaire. The results showed that the participants expressed positive perceptions of achieving ISTE standards. The results showed insignificant variations in pre-service teachers’ perceptions of the achievement of ISTE standards based on their gender, age, major, and academic year. Furthermore, the results showed that pre-service teachers’ perceptions of the achievement of ISTE standards had significant relationships with pre-service teachers’ attitudes towards the use of technology, pre-service teachers’ perceptions of their technological competences, and pre-service teachers’ extent of using technology. Based on the findings, set of recommendations for practice and for future research were provided.

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