Vocational Technical Education and Training in Palestine National Strategy

1. Aims and objectives of the Palestinian Vocational Technical Education and Training system. This paper sets out the strategy for the development of a Palestinian Vocational Technical Education and Training (VTET) system. The need for development The world has experienced an unprecedented and ever increasing rate of technological development in this century. Technology, and information technology in particular, have changed the perception of distance and time; the world has become a closely connected village. Not only is financial capital flowing freely around the world, but so are natural resources. The market is dominated by large corporations that decide freely where to invest and thus create jobs and wealth. In deciding where to invest, the main factors of importance are the efficiency of the local labour force (the produced output per salary unit), the political stability of the concerned region, and the political environment for investment (taxation, infrastructure etc.) Thus, as a consequence of the internationalisation of capital, the wealth of a nation depends to an unprecedented degree on the qualifications of its labour force1. The PNA has inherited a run down system of VTET designed to train low skill workers for the Israeli labour market, a VTET system that is teaching according to