The book explores the extent to which the private (non-state) post-school education and training sector is responsive to national development in South Africa. It identifies the extent to which post-Apartheid reconstruction is served by having an education and training form that is not under direct state control. It identifies the range of private provision types (for-profit, in-house and not-for profit) and learner forms (from pre-employed school leavers, unemployed and employed adults) in a range of learning areas (from ICT, to business and leisure-related and language instruction). It is...

In April 2013, the International Network on Innovative Apprenticeship (INAP) hosted its fifth international conference in Johannesburg, South Africa, in co-operation with the International Labor Organization (ILO), bringing together researchers, policy makers, and practitioners from 34 nations. The title of the conference - "Apprenticeship in a Globalized World: Premises, Promises and Pitfalls" - points out the need for apprenticeship to deliver on its promise of workplace skills and for it to develop and change as world economies develop. An international exchange of ideas among researchers...