ADDIS ABABA – Federal Technical and Vocational Training Institute (FTVTI) announced that it has joined the UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (UNESCO-UNEVOC) membership to technical and vocational institutions in UNESCO Member States.
Accordingly, the centre wants to improve the quality of TVET in each member states. In the press release sent to The Ethiopian Herald, Ethiopia had previously submitted application to UNEVOC to be a member country. FTVTI membership in the UNEVOC network will last until 31 December 2027.
“The membership renewal will then be based upon performance and mutual consent. With the support of UNESCO- UNEVOC, the centers work together to achieve the networks mission and to improve the standard and quality TVET systems in their respective countries at global stage,” the institute disclosed.
The institute further stated that UNEVOC called on FTVTI and other members to play a pro-active role to bring better future for communities. In this regard, the network’s success relies on its members being both beneficiaries and active contributors to its objectives alongside with better environment in the forthcoming.
UNEVOC center coordinated and head of center duties are outlined in the Hand book for the UNEVOC network. For 30 years, UNEVOC network members have proudly embraced a spirit of cooperation and mutual assistance, it was stated.
The UNEVOC network is managed and coordinated by the UNEVOC network secretariat, The Ethiopian Herald learned.
BY MESERET BEHAILU
The Ethiopian Herald December 25/2024
