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73. Any such partnerships must be anchored by human rights, 64 especially the
international legal framework for the right to education. States have the overall
responsibility for monitoring and ultimately ensuring the realization of human rights
in all types of partnerships with industry and the private sector. However,
experience in monitoring the implementation of relevant ILO instruments shows that
“the involvement of local communities in the design of training programmes, as
well as in the management and control of training institutions, has become a key
element in their reforms of education systems”. 65
74. In public-private partnerships, good practices should be encouraged and the
exchange of available experiences can be mutually beneficial in promoting national
level action. For example, with the support mainly of Germany, the Uganda
Association of Private Vocational Institutions has developed into a strong
organization in providing services to its members. In Ethiopia, the expansion of
technical and vocational education and training programmes was facilitated by the
private sector, with the support of public authorities. 66 In India, the Centurion
University of Technology and Management (Orissa) — the only State-enacted
University in the private sector with its strong industrial linkage through its Social
Entrepreneurship Outreach (Gram Tarang) and its focus on community — has
excelled in providing skills to students from rural areas. 67
IX. Institutionalized collaboration with enterprises
75. Institutionalized collaboration between technical and vocational education and
training institutions and enterprises deserves foremost attention, given prevalent
weaknesses in this area, especially in developing countries. Forging sustainable
linkages between technical and vocational education and training institutions and
enterprises is essential for making this education and training system better
responsive to skill demands, as well as better capacitated for contributing to
industrial development. The rich experience available in developed countries, in
particular with respect to the dual system of apprenticeship training (in schools and
in enterprises based on an agreed framework), is most pertinent to the developing
world.
76. Institutionalized collaboration among technical and vocational education and
training institutions and enterprises and industry can be established on the basis of
an agreed framework covering areas such as: (a) systematic consultation with
enterprises in establishing vocational trades in technical and vocational education
and training studies, and in catering to their skill requirements; (b) obligatory
apprenticeship of certain duration for students in enterprises as part of such studies;
(c) association of industry and entrepreneurs with school management;
(d) participation of enterprises and industry in financing technical and vocational
education and training institutions/programmes; (e) training schemes for technical
and vocational education and training instructors and teachers in enterprises to
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See, e.g., document A/HRC/17/31, annex, principles 8 and 13.
ILO, General Survey concerning employment instruments (Geneva, 2010), para. 116.
“Implementation issues of diversified financing strategies for TVET”, Deutsche Gesellschaft für
Technische Zusammenarbeit (2007), pp. 17 and 18.
The Gram Tarang was recognized as the best skill provider in 2012 by India’s National Skill
Development Corporation.
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