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Education Policy, Vocational Training, and the Youth in Sub-Saharan Africa

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Technical, vocational education, and training has remained an explosive topic because it can create a divided society in terms of education and the benefits associated with it. Internationally, it has always been a complex and controversial topic compared to the general education strand. It has presented inconsistent arguments over the years, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa were policies have too often prescribed it as the panacea to addressing youth unemployment.

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  • Moses Oketch, 2014. "Education Policy, Vocational Training, and the Youth in Sub-Saharan Africa," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2014-069, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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