Look Into The TVET Programmes, Says Sayed-Khaiyum To USP
“The Pacific TAFE has more professional certificates and diploma programmes targeting working people who can pay themselves or development partners can support,” he said.
Wednesday 31 August 2022 | 16:19
Minister for Economy Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum has called on the University of the South Pacific (USP) to look into its Technical and Vocational Education and Training Programmes (TVET).
Mr Sayed-Khaiyum said priority areas such as carpentry, joinery, panel beating, welding, fabrication, mining and surveying were not part of TVET.
He said USP TVET programmes were in business administration, human resources and other areas which can be best addressed through degree programmes.
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“The Pacific TAFE has more professional certificates and diploma programmes targeting working people who can pay themselves or development partners can support,” he said.
He said there was absolutely no clear pathway and articulation of USP TVET Programmes into the Degree Programme.
He said the university needed to look across the TVET pathway as considered by Australian universities. He said the Government had stopped funding Pacific TAFE because it did not give students any chances to cross-credits.
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