Skills Development: is It Provider Enrichment or for the Unemployed?: Evaluating the Training Programme for the Unemployed

This book evaluates the causes for the failure of the Department of Labour's training projects to produce a skilled and employable workforce after being trained through the Skills Development Act initiatives. The actual teaching process during training is a focal point in this book. The book has shown that peripherals and antecedents have been largely ignored in the past, and influenced the actual training programme, trainees and training outcomes adversely. Additionally the enquiry has uncovered several instructional related factors that have contributed to non-delivery. These range from the level of readiness of trainees, the competency of the instructor and adequacy of the learning material to the actual instructional context and learning environment. All revealed that every aspect mentioned has a critical role to play in achieving the training objectives.