Kosovo Human Development Report 2010 - UNDP Kosovo - United ...

Operational Guidelines for the Recognition
of Prior Learning (RPL)
in Further and Higher Education
and Training, which states, “[t]he
concept of lifelong learning recognises
that learning is not confined
to childhood or the classroom (...)
As such, it not only enhances social
inclusion, active citizenship
and personal development, but
also competitiveness and employability.”
117 Many of Kosovo’s adults
desperately need such opportunities.
Due to the years of instability
in the country, their education has
been disrupted. An effective political
and economic transition in
Kosovo requires people of all ages
to obtain skills that will improve
their ability to compete in the
new economy. 118 Currently, NGOs
shoulder the primary burden for
implementing remedial education
programmes for adults and skill-
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set training courses. These types of
courses are currently made available
to underserved communities,
such as women, and ethnic minorities.
Kosovo’s authorities must
now take on this responsibility in
a meaningful way, targeted at the
most excluded groups and mindful
of the particularly high generational
and economic return on
educating poor, excluded women.
• Support the development of ICT
skills: to equip Kosovo’s future
workforce, MEST should develop
a programme allowing learners to
develop Information and Communication
Technologies (ICT) skills.
Access to computers and internet
facilities should be provided in
public settings to help eliminate
barriers to social inclusion outside
the education sector.