Problem
Ineffective systems of practical education
Experimental visualization of narrower problems
Other Names:
Lack of vocational training programmesUndeveloped adult retraining schemes
Deficient trade schools
Inadequate skills curriculum
Unavailable skills retraining
Nature:
The means for residents to develop the kind of modern business system, marketing expertise, management skills and sales ability that commercial education affords are not widely available. Local supplementary programmes to upgrade public education (such as vocational trade classes, remedial courses, work-studies, secondary school equivalent programmes and community college extension courses) are administered through minimum budgets, thus providing only a limited coverage of training possibilities; they give no promise for new engagement or employment possibilities. Varied geographical coverage, funding sources and small class attendance create gaps in programme content and continuity. Many courses exclude informal apprenticeship opportunities and are unable to provide mastery in a practical field of work; and most overlook the need training in building construction and maintenance, farm management and entrepreneurial skills. Few youth are able to go to regional or state training centres, and many of those who do soon leave the local community for more lucrative markets, thus depleting it of its trained workers. Incidence:
In the USA in 1993 the public school system was recognized to be in crisis. Public schools were increasingly considered inefficient and costly. In many cities parents considered themselves obliged to send their children to fee-paying schools, if they could afford it. The cumulative effect is the concentration of children of the less wealthy, especially minorities, in underfunded, inefficient and ineffective schools. Broader Problems:
Inadequate education system Narrower Problems:
Undesigned domestic classesInsufficient special trainingInadequately trained personnelIneffective functional trainingDisruptive migration of trained personnelUnequal opportunity for vocational trainingAttitudinal obstacles to practical educationLack of opportunities for practical training in communities Related Problems:
Lack of educationDependence on untrained volunteer teachers Aggravates:
Unprepared leadershipUnused training opportunitiesOverloaded educational curriculaUnderdeveloped technological skillUnsatisfied need for continuing educationInsufficient apprenticeship opportunitiesHaphazard transmission of practical technologyInappropriate training for structural and technological changes Strategies:
Transferring professional expertiseBuilding practical skills developmentTraining for jobsAdvancing continuing educationDeveloping adult retraining schemesProviding trade schoolsImproving practical educationProviding systems of practical educationProviding systems of practical education Subject(s):
Society → AdultsSocial Activity → Human resources
Commerce → Trade
Societal Problems → Inadequacy
Societal Problems → Scarcity
Societal Problems → Ineffectiveness
Societal Problems → Deprivation
Education → Education
Education → Training
Education → Vocational guidance
Education → Schools
Education → Educational content
→ Systems
Development → Development
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems Date of last update
30.01.2000 – 00:00 CET