Evaluation of five TVET projects in India

• Worked with ECORYS, Holland.

Within the context of the Evaluation of five TVET projects in India results were assessed as achieved by a selected number of TVET activities supported by ICCO, Edukans and Word and Deed and executed by their partner organizations.

A judgement was given on the various strategies used by the partner organizations of ICCO, Edukans and Word and Deed in the implementation of the TVET activities. Involved in site visits, interviews and reporting on the findings.
The company has been active in India doing an assessment of the impact of technical vocational education and training (TVET) together with a local consultant based in New Delhi. This TVET is being financed by three Dutch faith-based NGO's and it was upon their request that this evaluation is done.

Goals of the evaluation were:

(1) to assess the results achieved of the of the TVET activities as supported by the Dutch NGO's and executed by their partner organisations and (2) to give a judgement on the various strategies used by the partner organisations in the implementation of the TVET activities.

In India five projects have been investigated: a random sample of projects currently supported. Typical courses implemented appeared to be courses on computer hardware, computer software, electronics, air conditioning and refrigeration, cutting and tailoring, mobile repairing, beauty culture and textile designing. Preliminary results indicate that TVET is an effective tool in the struggle against abject poverty:

For the vast majority of the students engaged in TVET in these projects, skills have been acquired that enable students to adequately respond to the demands of the labour market and that are to the capacity and interest of the students.For the vast majority of students, guidance is available after training in finding a job also sometimes resources are made available to start one's own business.