Research Report on the Pathways for Enhancing the Competencies of Vocational College Teachers in African Countries

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10.2991/978-2-38476-593-5_40How to use a DOI?

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Vocational education in Africa; Teacher’s ability enhancement; Low cost path

Abstract

Vocational education in Africa is currently at a critical stage where both demographic dividends and quality bottlenecks coexist. Insufficient teacher skills have become the core issue: only 38% of teachers have industry practical experience, 65% lack modern teaching skills, about 40% have not received systematic vocational education teaching method training, and some national curriculum content has been used for more than 20 years. The shortage of funds is most prominent, with less than 10% of teacher training funds, over 60% of colleges lacking multimedia equipment, and network coverage rate less than 30%.

This study focuses on the “low-cost, replicable” path and draws on the QVT model to construct a core competency framework that includes five dimensions: teaching implementation ability, practical guidance ability, local resource development ability, basic digital application ability, and social service and sustainable development ability. Based on the “capability gap resource constraint” correspondence model, design a three-stage path system of “diagnosis support evaluation” to fully respond to the real pain points of funding shortage and weak infrastructure in Africa.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yangqi Han
AU  - Na Zhang
AU  - Aiju Li
AU  - Ziqin Huo
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/06/30
TI  - Research Report on the Pathways for Enhancing the Competencies of Vocational College Teachers in African Countries
BT  - Proceedings of the 2026 5th International Conference on Humanities, Wisdom Education and Service Management (HWESM 2026)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 355
EP  - 360
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-593-5_40
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-593-5_40
ID  - Han2026
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