which was steered by the National Observatory of Accounting Experts and Certified Accountants (ONECCA), resulted in the application of an improved programme in accounting in this segment and at a higher level. 316. The G1 segment (administrative techniques) where the typewriter continued to be used until a more recent past saw a drastic change from the 2015/2016 academic year: the typewriter has since then given way to the computer. Towards this end, a training of trainers workshop was organised in December 2015. 317. At the Technical and Vocational Education School in Aného Glidji, the teaching is delivered in digital form with the support of the Ministry of Posts and Digital Economy. Furthermore, a large-scale programme of curricula reform was finalised in 2015 by the directorate of pedagogy and technical education and vocational training programmes and it will have to be implemented. 318. The technical education and vocational training system, which is still concerned with the quality of training provided, adopted a public/private partnership charter in 2011 in order to improve the quality of the training courses and to ensure that there is a match between the training provided and the needs of the economy. Fourteen training curricula were revised and a special attention given to the Advanced Technicians Certificate programmes. The Ministry of Technical Education and Vocational Training has recruited three humdred and sixty-five (365) new teachers. Furthermore, in order to enhance the skills of teachers, 833 in-service teachers were trained. It must be pointed out that technical education and vocational training does not yet have a mechanism for training its teachers. Teachers are recruited based on their academic certificates and they receive a short orientation course for two or three days before assuming office. 319. The joint monitoring and evaluation committee of the public/private partnership charter is working assiduously to enage in discussions with business professionals of the formal sector to ensure that henceforth the courses offered take into account the actual needs of the labour market, with suitable and more adapted curricula. 320. To better meet the needs of Togolese industries in skilled labour, the Centre for Training in Industrial Jobs (CFMI) in Lomé (in the port and harbours area), was built with the support of the French Development Agency (AFD). This Centre trained its first batch of trainees in September, 2015, following a recruitment entrance examination. The CFMI provided initial and continuing education in the following areas: electromchanical maintenance; industrial refrigeration and air-conditioning; diesel mechanics; mechanics of maintenance; boilermaking, welding and pipeworks. 97

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