tvet colleges in zambia 2024-2025

tvet colleges in zambia 2024-2025

The TEVET Policy serves as the foundation for technical educational, vocational, and entrepreneurship training (TEVET) in Zambia (1996). It recognizes the need to adapt TVET to a changing economy that is becoming more reliant on the informal sector than in previous years.

Finance and Governance

Zambia’s Ministry of Education, Science, Vocational Training, and Early Education is the main government body in charge of all levels of education. The Ministry is divided into five divisions: planning and information, standards and curriculum development, human resources and administration, teacher education and specialized education, and distance learning. The Ministry of Education, Science, Vocational Training, and Early Education’s Department of Vocational Education and Training is in charge of policy formulation and implementation.

The Technical Education, Vocational and Entrepreneurship Training Authority (TEVETA), which was established in 2005, is the main body in charge of TVET implementation in the country. TEVETA accredits and registers TVET institutions, provides assistance to TVET providers, develops curricula, and administers exams. TEVETA manages four different TVET delivery models in Zambia through its Training Systems Development Unit:

• Institution-based training;
• Workplace-based training;
• TVET Learnership scheme (dual-training system conducted partly at a TVET institution
• and party in the workplace); and
• Open and distance training.

Financing

Zambia’s TVET system is supported by a variety of funding sources.

Through the relevant Ministries, the government funds public TVET institutions. The funds are used to subsidize training fees as well as TVET institutions’ operational costs.

Charities and donors ensure that community-based and faith-based TVET providers receive funding. These organizations subsidize TVET education for socioeconomically disadvantaged students.

Both public and private TVET providers rely heavily on training fees for funding. Private institution fees, on the other hand, are unregulated, whereas public TVET institutions must seek approval from the relevant ministries for training fees.

The industry funds enterprise-based training, which allows students to train directly in the workplace.

The TVET (Amendment) Act established it. The TEVET Fund, established by Act No. 11 of 2005, serves as a source of funding for both public and private providers. The government contributes funds to the Fund, which are then distributed to pre-determined training programs at public training institutions.

Qualifications and Qualifications Frameworks

National Qualifications Framework (NQF)

• Nkanza, P. K.’s scheme was adapted (2010). Zambian National Report on the Review of Literature on Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET). UNESCO, Paris. The Zambia Qualifications Framework (ZQF) aims to create a single, integrated qualifications framework, improve training quality, promote education and training opportunities, and facilitate access to, mobility, and progression within the education system. The ZQF is currently being developed (2012). The Zambia Qualifications Authority (ZQA) and the Higher Education Authority are expected to be established in 2012. Following that, impact assessment studies will be conducted in 2013.

Assurance of high quality

• The Technical Education, Vocational and Entrepreneurship Training Authority (TEVETA) grades registered training institutions based on their ability to meet minimum training standards. It inspects TVET institutions and assigns one, two, or three grades.

Descriptions of grades:

Grade One – Very Good

• The institution is very good in terms of management, staff, and facilities, with very few flaws.

Grade Two – Good

• The institution provides basic quality training but has some issues with management, trainer qualifications, and facilities. It demonstrates more strengths than weaknesses, but there are some areas that could be improved.

Grade Three – Satisfactory

• In the aforementioned quality elements, the institution demonstrates a mix of strengths and weaknesses. It barely meets the bare minimum of training requirements.

List of Tvet Colleges in Zambia

There are 28 public institutions under the Ministry of Higher Education’s Department of Vocational Education and Training. The following institutions are listed:

• Kasiya Business and Secretarial College
  Chipata Trades Training Institute
  Evelyn Hone College (EHC)
  Gemstone and Lapidary Processing
  Industrial Training Centre (ITC)
  Isoka Trades Training Institute
  Kabwe Institute of Technology
  Kalabo Trades Training Institute
  Kaoma Trades Training Institute
  Kitwe Vocational Training Centre (KVTC)
  Livingstone Institute for Business and Engineering Studies (LIBES)
  Luanshya Technical and Business College (LTBC)
  Lukashya Trades Training Institute (LTTI)
  Lusaka Business and Technical College (LBTC)
  Lusaka Vocational Training Centre (LVTC)
  Mansa Trades Training Institute
  Mongu Trades Training Institute
  Mwense Trades Training Institute
  Mwinilunga Trades Training Institute
  Zambia Institute of Management (ZAMIM)
  Nkumbi International College
  Northern Technical College (NORTEC)
  Solwezi Trades Training Institute
  St.Mawagali Training Institute
  Technical and Vocational Teachers’ College (TVTC)
  Thorn Park Construction Training Centre
  Ukwimi Trades Training Institute
  Zambia Institute for Business Studies and Industrial Practice (ZIBSIP)

Contact Details

Contact Information

The Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Technology and Science
Maxwell House, Los Angeles Boulevard
P. O. Box 50464, Lusaka, Zambia

Toll Free Zamtel:+260955624777
or 3363
Fax: +260-1-252951/252089
Email: info@mohe.gov.zm

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