Improving the quality and relevance of TVET programming requires a package of interventions which are rooted in the key institutional problems identified in the given context. The Namibia Vocational Education and Skills Training Activity did not fully account for the complexities of reforming both the system which plans for and allocates resources (such as the ISCs) and the system of implementing new modalities of TVET programming. To this end, MCC would benefit from conducting a more thorough assessment of the institutions and stakeholders involved in TVET systems in the early stages of Compact development. This could range from labor market supply/demand assessments to behavior change assessments to a detailed stakeholder mapping, which would inform the detailed design of the project. This would allow the project to invest in the most urgent and proximal steps to achieving TVET reform and provide a foundation for sustained improvements.
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