IMPROVING TRAINING QUALITY IN DEVELOPING-COUNTRIES - TOWARDS GREATER INSTRUCTIONAL EFFICIENCY

Presents an overview of school and classroom policies and practices wh ich contribute to the improvement of the quality and efficiency of voc ational education and training (VET) in developing countries. Centres on a number of relevant factors identified by research on school and t eacher effectiveness cvhich relate to the improvement of programming a nd cost containment. Includes management and instructional practices, instructional organization. instructional resources, staff recruitment and training, and admission and placement policies, among others, Sug gests chat without acceptable levels of material and human resources, instructional quality cannot be maintained, However, resource requirem ents can be reduced through the moro effective and efficient use of ex isting resources. Concludes that the chief way to improve instructiona l efficiency in VET is reduced training time.