Skills beyond School Review of South Africa.

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""Acknowledgements"" ""Table of contents"" ""Summary: Strengths, challenges and recommendations"" ""Why vocational education and training matters"" ""Strengths of the South African system"" ""Challenges and Recommendations"" ""Prospects for youth -- the challenge for South Africa"" ""Introduction"" ""The role of vocational education and training"" ""The issues: strengths and challenges of the South African system"" ""Note"" ""References"" ""Simplifying vocational pathways"" ""The challenge: The architecture of the system"" ""Recommendation: Simplify the system"" ""Supporting arguments: Simplicity strengthens the system""""Notes"" ""References"" ""Building partnership between vocational training and the economy"" ""The challenge: weak links between the vocational system and the labour market"" ""Recommendation: Build a responsive vocational system through partnership with industry"" ""Supporting arguments: Tools for building partnership with the world of work"" ""Notes"" ""References"" ""Reforming funding arrangements"" ""Challenge: weaknesses in the levy-grant scheme"" ""Recommendation: reform the levy-grant scheme"" ""Supporting arguments: simpler and more efficient administration""""Challenge: reforming the TVET college funding formula"" ""Recommendation: fund TVET colleges to reflect real costs, and encourage completion"" ""Supporting arguments: building an effective formula"" ""Notes"" ""References"" ""Strengthening professional development for vocational teachers and college leaders"" ""Challenge: quality in teaching and college leadership"" ""Recommendation: strengthen the teaching workforce and its leadership"" ""Notes"" ""References"" ""Supporting completion and transition"" ""Challenge: insufficient focus on helping students to complete""""Recommendation: tackle low completion rates"" ""Supporting arguments: tools to improve completion"" ""Notes"" ""References""