Vocationalisation of the school curriculum will continue to appeal to politicians and policymakers as an appropriate way of promoting productive self-employment and thereby reducing poverty, especially in rural areas. How long credentialist pressures will continue to increase in the face of rapidly dwindling employment opportunities in the formal economy is a key issue in many countries. But so long as the prospect of finding a 'good job' remains the primary motivation for both parents and children, curriculum reforms that seek to promote positive attitudes to self-employment as well as impart appropriate skills among school children will continue to be problematic. In short, the vocational school fallacy is as valid to today as it was in the early 1960s when it was first formulated by Philip Foster (see Foster, 1968).
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING PAPERS 43 Learning to change: Skills development among the economically vulnerable and socially excluded in developing countries Paul Bennell Employment and Training Department International Labour Office Geneva First published 1999
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