May 11, 2019 at 9:56
FINANCING SKILL TRAINING FOR SME’S AND INFORMAL SECTOR TRAINING
Background
The Skills Development Levy was established in 2016 under the Skills Development Levy Act No. 46 of 2016. The main objective of the levy is to provide financial resource for the TEVET sector for skills development, in collaboration with the Technical Education, Vocational, and Entrepreneurship Training Authority (TEVETA) which was established under the Technical Education, Vocational and Entrepreneurship Training Act of No. 13 of 1998 and the amendment Act No. 11 of 2005. Among the responsibilities of TEVETA, is the management of the T ... Read more
May 11, 2019 at 9:55
FINANCING SKILL TRAINING FOR EMPLOYER BASED IN-SERVICE TRAINING
Background
The Skills Development Levy was established in 2016 under the Skills Development Levy Act No. 46 of 2016. The main objective of the levy is to provide financial resource for the TEVET sector for skills development, in collaboration with the Technical Education, Vocational, and Entrepreneurship Training Authority (TEVETA) which was established under the Technical Education, Vocational and Entrepreneurship Training Act of No. 13 of 1998 and the amendment Act No. 11 of 2005. Among the responsibilities of TEVETA, is the management of the Technic ... Read more
March 5, 2019 at 10:25
INVITATION FOR TRAINING PROPOSALS FINANCING SKILL TRAINING FOR EMPLOYER BASED IN-SERVICE TRAINING Background The Skills Development Levy was established in 2016 under the Skills Development Levy Act No. 46 of 2016. The main objective of the levy is to provide financial resource for the TEVET sector for skills development, in collaboration with the Technical Education, Vocational, and Entrepreneurship Training Authority (TEVETA) which was established under the Technical Education, Vocational and Entrepreneurship Training Act of No. 13 of 1998 and the amendment Act No. 11 of 2005. Among the responsibilities of TEVETA, is the management of the Technical Educa ... Read more
January 11, 2019 at 13:41
10th January 2019 CIRCULAR NO: 1 OF 2019 TO: Principals Training Managers Institutional Directors Centre Managers Registered TEVET Institutions in Zambia SUBJECT: ACCREDITATION OF TRAINERS, ASSESSORS AND EXAMINERS One of the functions of TEVETA, in line with the Technical Education, Vocational and Entrepreneurship Training (Amendment) Act number 11 of 2005, is to accredit trainers, assessors and examiners. The Authority has been issuing separate certificates for each category of accreditation to applicants that satisfy the accreditation criteria. In an effort to improve on the efficiency of our accreditation, TEVETA wishes to inform all st ... Read more
December 27, 2018 at 15:11
Creating employment for the youth is a daunting challenge to governments, technocrats, and the youth themselves. Parliamentarians feel the pressure as representatives of the people. Voices on lack of salaried and self-employment persistently reach their ears and are expected to provide solutions. Accordingly, the law makers have been working on ways to get around the challenge. The North-South Dialogue Framework is one approach they are pursuing to ensure education and training enhanced the youth’s employability and increased productivity for more opportunities for the youth. Although youth employment mirrors cross-cutting issues that include, fiscal, labour and social s ... Read more
December 27, 2018 at 15:6
Access to justice is seen as a preserve of the well-to-do despite it being a fundamental human right and a catalyst to enhanced legal empowerment of the poor and vulnerable groups. Government considers legal aid interventions coupled with governance and astute poverty reduction strategies foster social and economic development process in the country. With effective and affordable access to justice, people have the opportunity to claim their rights or challenge crimes, abuses and human rights violations committed against them. Thus, a Legal Aid Policy was approved by Cabinet and launched by the Ministry of Justice. Additionally, TEVETA has developed and approved a cur ... Read more
July 25, 2018 at 14:29
The Ministry of Higher Education through the TEVETA has signed 178 contracts worth K9.9million for out of-school Youths and SME/Informal sector training in different skill areas. The contracts were signed with 47 training providers across the country. The training contracts will benefit 140, 140 unskilled out of school youth and SME/Informal sector players that need un-skilling to enhance their productivity, efficiency and material utilisation. Funded training institutions include those under 1) Zambia Correctional Services (skills training section); 2) youth resource centres under the Ministry of Youth and Sport; 3) Ministry of General Education’s skills training ... Read more
May 8, 2018 at 12:36
FINANCING SKILL TRAINING FOR YOUTH EMPLOYMENT Background The Technical Education, Vocational, and Entrepreneurship Training Authority (TEVETA) was established under the Technical Education, Vocational and Entrepreneurship Training Act of No. 13 of 1998. Among the responsibilities of TEVETA, is the management of the Technical Education, Vocational and Entrepreneurship Training (TEVET) Fund. The TEVET Fund is expected to play an important role in assisting the Government of the Republic of Zambia (GRZ) develop a high quality, sustainable, demand-driven, and equitable TEVET system. The Fund establishes a financing platform that purchases training services from pu ... Read more
