Assessment of recognition of prior learning experiences of students in the TVET system in Ghana. Is it a rhetoric or reality?
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Research & Method in Education (IOSRJRME) - Year 2018, Vol 8, Issue 3
Abstract
The changing economic and working environment has led to increasing emphasis on what individuals have acquired outside the educational institutions as a key policy issue in developing countries such as Ghana. Its potential is enormous not only as a framework for providing retrospective credit, exemptions and advanced standing into higher education programmes, but also crucially, as a tool for continuing professional development and wider workforce development. This paper explores the whole process of recognising prior learning of students, through the review of research studies, identifies successes and barriers hindering its implementation and describes the lead taken in other countries from which Ghana can learn. A lot of efforts have been put into the policy initiatives of RPL in the TVET institutions in Ghana but there seems to be lack of commitment in its implementation. The paper therefore concludes with policy guidelines that will enable the benefits of RPL to learners, institutions, employers and the nation to be realised.
Authors and Affiliations
Dr. Peter Boahin
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP413604
- DOI 10.9790/7388-0803012633.
- Views 42
- Downloads 0
Visionary Leadership Headmaster In Cultural Development Of Senior High School In Jambi Province
This study focuses to describe in depth how the Headmaster Visionary Leadership in conducting School Culture Development on the social situation of Senior High Schools in the Province of Jambi. Meanwhile, the aim is to f...
The Need for Development of Early Reading Instruction Tools for First-Grade Students
Indonesian language learning includes four skills, namely listening, speaking, reading and writing. One of those skills that first grade students need to master is reading skill. Learning to read in the early grades must...
Caricature Media Development in Learning to Write Narrative Texts by Class VII Students of Pematangsiantar 10th Public Middle School
The purpose of this study was to produce teaching material products in the form of modules to write narrative texts using caricature media and also to know (1) the feasibility of teaching materials for narrative text mod...
Repositioning Nigerian Teacher Education For Cross Border Education: Past & Present
The Nigerian educational system used to be admired hence people from other countries came to study in Nigeria. Then the graduates from Nigerian universities were widely sought after by multinational companies and such gr...
The Model Development of English Learning Based on Local Culture to Increase Students’ Reading Motivation and Comprehension at Junior High Schools
This research aims at developing a model of English learning based on local culture or in Indonesian term known as Pembelajaran Bahasa Inggris Berbasis Budaya Lokal abbreviated as PBI-BBL which considered as valid, pract...