Education and Development: The Issues and the Evidence

examining the equity effects of different policy options - it may be that technical and
vocational opportunities are disproportionately available to the relatively
disadvantaged.

Third, technical and vocational training however conducted generally takes for granted
basic levels of literacy and numeracy, and often an understanding of scientific concepts,
without which training inputs will be compromised. More educated trainees often
benefit more from training than their less educated peers. Support for the development
of basic education to achieve these antecedent conditions may take precedence where
the evidence suggests this is a prior problem.

Fourth, in general training undertaken with close relationships between employers and
training institutions which is in-career rather than pre-career often, but not always,
seems to have greater likelihood of beneficial and cost effective outcomes.

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