By KUNA
Kuwait : Vocational development and training is an important means for preparing human resources and improving their proficiency, said Abla Al-Essa, director of the development department at the Education Ministry on Monday.
Speaking at a session on “Vocational Development and Training” at the National Education Development Conference, she said the vocational development team’s main task was to develop a train program in a way that accommodated sector requirements.
“The importance of vocational training and development is in the fact that it contributes to a high level of institutional performance and proficiency,” she said.
Moreover, she noted that in many cases, vocational training was what determined the success or failure of institutions, because it was related to their ability to prepare a qualified workforce.
The team determined the points of strength and weakness in the existing vocational system, reviewed international experiences in this area, and conducted a field study to this effect.
Al-Essa said the study indicated a need for training at the three levels of school education in order to achieve education reform, noting that vocational development was a reflection of institutional efforts toward human resource development.
The team also proposed the launch of a vocational training project.