TEVET Improvement Plan (World Bank)

Government of Malawi through TEVETA is implementing a TEVET Improvement Project (TIP) aimed at revamping formal and informal TEVET provision as well as quality assurance. The US$ 5 million project funded by World Bank commenced on 1 July 2015 and will run for four years.

The K3.4 billion TEVET Improvement Project aims at the following:

  1. Increasing access to TEVET through 12 Community Skills Development Centres across the country. 4,100 youths will be trained under this component. The centres are Kasama in Chitipa; Mburunji in Rumphi; Sonda in Mzuzu, Manyamula in Mzimba, Nkhotakota Business Development Centre in Nkhotakota; Ngozi in Salima; Mtakataka in Dedza, Kawamba in Kasungu, Malindi in Mangochi; Sakata in Zomba; Misanjo in Mulanje and Mphungu in Chikwawa
  2. Developing curriculum for short skills upgrading programmess in selected training institutions offering skills training in rural areas. 15 curriculum will be developed and implemented.
  3. Providing equipment and upgrading staff capacity in selected institutions offering Automobile Technician Level Programmes. 60 technicians will be training under this initiative
  4. Training of Master Crafts persons. 250 Master crafts persons will be given training directly and each one will in turn train 4 others taking the total to1000
  5. Conduct four tracer studies