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ERIC Number: EJ1321080
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Dec
Pages: 19
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1745-4999
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The 'Recognition of Prior Learning' in Vocational Education and Training Systems of Lower and Middle Income Countries: An Analysis of the Role of Development Cooperation in the Diffusion of the Concept
Maurer, Markus
Research in Comparative and International Education, v16 n4 p469-487 Dec 2021
'Recognition of prior learning' (RPL) has developed into an important instrument to support the permeability of education and training systems. Based on an extensive review of documents, this article analyses the global diffusion of RPL in vocational education and training systems (VET), with a specific focus on its diffusion through development cooperation between multi- and bilateral donors and lower and middle income countries (LMIC). This article argues that RPL became a core component of development cooperation when VET came to be seen as a means to foster equitable access to employment and income for the poorest. At the same time, it shows that the model of RPL transferred to LMICs is derived from the specific relations between labour markets and education and training systems in donor countries, where VET qualifications are often critical to accessing positions in the labour market, which is often not the case in LMICs.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Adult Education
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Language: English
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