Technology-based Vocational Skills Training for Marginalized Girls and Young Women

This publication is an outcome of the pilot experiences in Indonesia under the programme entitled “Scientific, Technical and Vocational Education for Out-of-School Girls: Schools and Learning Centres as Community Catalysts for Poverty Reduction and Empowerment of Girls (STVE)” implemented by UNESCO Jakarta. The Indonesian experience was successful in demonstrating how formal and non-formal education can be integrated to equip out-of-school girls (15-20 years of age) from poor marginalized families with practical, occupation-oriented, technology-based vocational skills training. The overall purpose of this manual is to facilitate the expansion of the STVE pilot programme. The primary target audience of this manual are officials of the directorate of technical and vocational education, teachers of upper secondary technical and vocational schools, provincial, district and city government officials who wish to broaden their educational mission in local communities to encourage and support SMK schools, non-governmental organizations and local businesses to provide skills development opportunities for marginalized out-of-school girls and young women, and existing and potential local NGO and research partner staff and institutions.