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The Support Project for the Development of Vocational and Technical Education and Training ( PADEFPT ) is being implemented between 2011 and 2020 in Niger. It has made it possible, through increased access to quality vocational and technical education and training, to provide the country with a pool of qualified labor for the revitalization of the economy.
This project is designed to respond to new socio-economic opportunities linked to the exploitation of uranium and oil deposits and the launch of major projects, notably the Kandadji dam, the railway and the dry port. The PADEFPT was financed by the African Development Bank, through a grant of $ 23.8 million and a loan of $ 10.5 million, from the Bank's concessional rate lending window, the African Fund for development, totaling 34.3 million US dollars.
The PADEFPT has thus made it possible to train a quality technical workforce to support emerging industrial sectors and Niger's economic growth. This has contributed in particular to strengthening and boosting the development of targeted industrial sectors such as civil engineering, electronic and electrotechnical engineering, mechanical engineering and petrochemical engineering.
Increased access of girls to education
The project specifically focused on the extension and rehabilitation of 52 vocational and technical education and training establishments (VETT), the construction of 37 others and the acquisition of furniture and computer equipment for their equipment. Latest generation equipment was also acquired for the workshops, laboratories and classrooms of the targeted establishments. The project enabled girls to gain access to TVET (55%) and learners were provided with access encouragement kits and support kits after passing exams.
In addition, 673 teachers in the middle cycle of vocational and technical education, including 116 women, have benefited from training of trainers sessions. The development of skills and the development of curricula according to the Competency-Based Approach (APC), formed the framework for strengthening skills.
In terms of institutional capacity building, 50 executives including 11 women benefited from training in strategic planning to strengthen the capacities of executives of the Ministry of Vocational and Technical Education (MEP / T). The training in results-based management concerned 35 managers, including five women and eight regional directors. Also, 164 managers trained, including eight women and eight regional directors of the MEP / T in seven establishments in the four target regions of the project, received training in the gender approach.
Efficient pedagogical supervision
"PADEFPT's support has made it possible to provide the MEP / T and the Nigerien administration with a pool of executives capable of designing and carrying out activities with a view to continuous improvement of the quality of training", underlined the drafting team of the project completion report, led by Alfred Régis Ouédraogo, social development specialist at the African Development Bank.
The report welcomes in particular the continuation of in-service training for teachers in pedagogy, effective pedagogical supervision, capacities in the development and revision of curricula, the inclusion of the gender dimension in TVET and the creation of training modules. pedagogical training.
"The project has made it possible to strengthen the institutional capacities of the MEP / T, the Higher Council of EFPT and training establishments in workshop and laboratory equipment, to raise the level of practical and pedagogical skills of teaching staff and 'supervision, and also to revise and elaborate the curricula which have been developed and introduced in the training course ”, concludes this document recently published by the African Development Bank.
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