Addressing Key Challenges in Vocational Education and Training (VET) In Albania, Ensuring Systematic Change, Competence Development, and Stakeholder Empowerment
Year: 2022
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: The achievement of economic growth is the goal and objective of every country and it is possible only through the efforts of different educational institutions, providers, and beneficiaries, to educate and train experts in different sectors, based on the principle of lifelong learning. This paper aims to analyze the needs of employees to develop and improve hard and soft skills, providing the challenges of vocational education and to adopt the changes in the labor market, for both employees and employers. The data collected from Vehicle Services, Hotel and Tourism, Construction, and Logistics dialogue roundtables provide recommendations for providers and businesses in every job aspect. The analysis of the data resulted in the following: it is necessary to establish continuous contacts with public institutions which offer professional development courses for employees, both before and during employment, as for them the cost of training the employees is a continuous process.
Authors: Elvira Fetahu, Eriona Cela
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4384435510