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TVET is all about giving practical skills that can jumpstart people into the job market

@koekiero
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@koekiero TVET is a more sustainbale response to counter joblessness in many African Countries

@s_karfo
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@koekiero @s_karfo We need to train girls so that hey are ready for the job market and when they have jobs you are rest assured that families are taken care off

@blessedCathy11
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In addition to the job market, TVET when it does come to the girl child it reduce the chances of girls being married off early.

@blessedCathy11
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@blessedCathy11 How accessible is TVET training for girls and other marginalised groups in your country?

@ano87mari to @s_karfo in my country we have a sudden realisation that we have more women who can be a great resource on the labour market

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TVET Education is expensive for the girl child to study TVET in Burkina Faso tuition is about 1000 $ most are not able to pay for the fees & also access to daycare facilities whilst they are learning which makes it harder

@s_karfo
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For our centre, we have managed to get partnerships so as to make sure that the children that we teach can have some of their needs taken care off.

One big Stereotype is TVET is seen as the academically challenged people..

@koekiero #RuhusiwaDialogues #girlsallowed

We also have to fight the stereotype that we have to fight is the choice of subjects that students take some dislike specific subjects as they are not seen as important

@koekiero #RuhusiwaDialogues #girlsallowed #tveteducation #girlseducation #educationinafrica

@koekiero We recently introduced Woodwork at our all girls TVET centre in a rural Uganda and its uptake has been low because parent do not see their girls fit to study capentry.

@blessedcathy11 #RuhusiwaDialogues #girlsallowed #tveteducation #girlseducation

@koekiero @blessedCathy11 Girls when they earn their money when they start working they would buy groceries for their homes and when the boys earn they go straight to the tarven

@s_karfo
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@koekiero @blessedCathy11 @s_karfo The rural girl studying at our TVET have to overcome a lot of community stigma and ridicule we have to spend more time motivating and encouraging them not to quit

@s_karfo
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@koekiero @blessedCathy11 @s_karfo 55 % of our trainees at our centre in Swakopmund, Namibia for the last four years has been girls and even 95% of our trainers are female

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Its small things like the cleanliness & security of bathrooms for girls at our TVET Centre are critical, being mindful when they are uncomfortable to do certain task when they are on their period, this is all to make sure they don't miss education

@koekiero
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@koekiero Having female trainers is also as important as it give girls role models and someone who can understand them its create a safe space and encouragement to study at our centre

@Beauty_Matics from Nigeria #RuhusiwaDialogues #girlsallowed

Some of our girls that study at our centre live within our dormitory and we offer them lunch and dinner as they stay very far from the centre.

We need to get girls to dream and aspire to greater heights

@s_karfo #ruhusiwadialogues #girlsallowed

TVET is being seen as a promising route for many young Africans who lack the foundational skills, means, or interest to take a more academic track. However, the formal TVET system in most countries in the region remains small in terms of both enrollment and public expenditure

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