{"id":484,"date":"2023-01-10T12:34:01","date_gmt":"2023-01-10T12:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wnqba.org.ug\/aaf\/?page_id=484"},"modified":"2023-01-19T11:31:43","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T11:31:43","slug":"education-skills-development","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wnqba.org.ug\/aaf\/education-skills-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Education &#038; Skills Development"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"484\" class=\"elementor elementor-484\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-479e03a7 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"479e03a7\" data-element_type=\"section\" 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.elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Education & Skills Development<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4fc132c elementor-section-content-middle elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4fc132c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4eb4e16c\" data-id=\"4eb4e16c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-317d5aa3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"317d5aa3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Education and Skills Development<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4bfd5388 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4bfd5388\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.10.0 - 09-01-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>The pressing challenges faced in this area include:<\/p><ul><li>Inadequate skills mix to support increased production and expansion;<\/li><li>Poor work readiness of many young people leaving formal secondary and tertiary education and entering the labour market for the first time;<\/li><li>Inadequate linkages between institutional (employers) and workplace learning;<\/li><li>Lack of basic numeracy, literacy, and entry-level skills and work-based training;<\/li><li>Continuing skills shortages in the artisanal, technical and professional fields that are fundamental to the development and growth of our economy;<\/li><li>Lack of synergy between the various post-school sub-systems;<\/li><li>Lack of clarity in relation to the role expected of the various parts of the skills development system;<\/li><li>Inefficiency and waste; the silo mentality which prevents the partnerships and alignments needed to improve effectiveness;<\/li><li>The absence of coherent strategies within economic and industrial sectors, compounded by the lack of systematic skills development to support and sustain growth and development.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6efd86b6\" data-id=\"6efd86b6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f35f582 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5f35f582\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.10.0 - 09-01-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"470\" 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elementor-element-5d687337 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5d687337\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Africa Ajai Foundation(AAF)<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75a28aa6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"75a28aa6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAAF aspires to make contributions in the Education and Skills development sphere by way of the following;\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-1a063a8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1a063a8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-fee6e1e\" data-id=\"fee6e1e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2188c612 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2188c612\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Strategic Objective 1: Achieve equitable access to relevant and quality education and training.<\/b><br \/><b><i><\/i><\/b><\/p><p><b><i>Strategic Interventions<\/i><\/b><\/p><ul><li>Develop and implement programs targeted to disadvantaged communities, marginalized groups and students with special learning needs.<\/li><li><span lang=\"EN-AU\">Establish a career advisory and job placement system for post primary levels.<\/span><\/li><li>Provide gender sensitive sanitation facilities that would address special needs of girls and boys.<\/li><li><span lang=\"EN-AU\">Increase the number of scholarships for disadvantaged areas to enroll in higher education.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p class=\"moze-justify\"><b>Strategic Objective 2: Ensure delivery of relevant and quality education and training<\/b><\/p><p><b><i>Strategic Interventions<\/i><\/b><\/p><ul><li><span lang=\"EN-AU\">Rehabilitate, expand and equip existing facilities at primary, secondary and post-secondary levels.<\/span><\/li><li><span lang=\"EN-AU\">Support and strengthen partnerships with the private sector to ensure quality education at primary, secondary and post-secondary.<\/span><\/li><li><span lang=\"EN-AU\">Implement community coach qualification initiatives to ensure talent initiation, identification and development by the qualified competent coaches at all levels.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1c304b79\" data-id=\"1c304b79\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-717a8345 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"717a8345\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Strategic Objective 3: To increase equitable access to appropriate skills training at all levels.<\/b><br \/><b><i><\/i><\/b><\/p><p><b><i>Strategic Interventions<\/i><\/b><\/p><ul><li><span lang=\"EN-AU\">Promote establishment of skills development institutions through Private Public Partnerships.<\/span><\/li><li><span lang=\"EN-AU\">Support non-formal skills providers.<\/span><\/li><li><span lang=\"EN-AU\">Develop positive perceptions; mindset change and attitude; work ethics; and cultural values and norms towards hands-on training.<\/span><\/li><li><span lang=\"EN-AU\">Increase entrepreneurship skills development for women and mentoring of girls.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><b>Strategic Objective 4: Improve quality and relevance of skills development.<\/b><\/p><p><b><i>Strategic Interventions<\/i><\/b><\/p><ul><li><span lang=\"EN-AU\">Strengthen delivery of competencies for the workplace, higher education and lifelong skills.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><b>Strategic Objective 5: To enhance efficiency and effectiveness in skills delivery<\/b><\/p><p><b><i>Strategic Interventions<\/i><\/b><\/p><ul><li><span lang=\"EN-AU\">Develop a strategy to identify and nurture talent development for in and out of school youth.<\/span><\/li><li><span lang=\"EN-AU\">Promote establishment of research, innovation and technology incubation centers.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Education &#038; Skills Development Education and Skills Development The pressing challenges faced in this area include: Inadequate skills mix to support increased production and expansion; Poor work readiness of many young people leaving formal secondary and tertiary education and entering the labour market for the first time; Inadequate linkages between institutional (employers) and workplace learning; &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/wnqba.org.ug\/aaf\/education-skills-development\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Education &#038; Skills Development<\/span> Read More 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