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.
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