Abstract
Abstract Tanzania’s education system has been passing through different changes in its policies and strategic implementation plans. As a result, improvements in various areas, such as increased students’ enrolment rate, improved pass rates, and improved infrastructure at all levels have been realized. This pilot study aimed at understanding the awareness and perception of policymakers, employers, instructors, and students of the importance of policies in integrating workplace learning and technical higher education. With the main question being, how stakeholders in the education sector perceive the importance of policies in integrating workplace learning and technical higher education. In order to answer the above question, a qualitative study with semi-structured interviews was conducted with policymakers, employers, instructors, and students. Most of the interviewees stated that policies have significant roles in ensuring the smooth integration and implementation of these two learning modes. On the other side, several challenges were mentioned in policy implementation and realization of the strategic plans. These challenges were categorized as those related to the public’s and students’ awareness and readiness, financial constraints, educational institutes’ readiness, and operationalization of the organizations and educational institutes. From this pilot study, insightful information is gained on the importance of having policies that take into account all main stakeholders in higher education.
Highlights
This article provides a thorough understanding of various educational stakeholders’ perception on the importance and role of the educational policies in integration of workplace learning and higher technical education using technology
Insightful information is gained on the importance of having policies that take into account all main stakeholders in higher education
Understanding how broad this concept is, this article focuses on building the ground understanding of the stakeholders understanding on the roles and the challenges that educational policies are facing in enabling this integration through a qualitative inquiry, this foundation will be later used to build broader and deeper research on the themes surrounding the topics of educational policies, workplace learning, technical education and how technology is supporting the integration
Summary
This article provides a thorough understanding of various educational stakeholders’ perception on the importance and role of the educational policies in integration of workplace learning and higher technical education using technology. The article discusses the Tanzanian education system and its structure to give a reader an abstract understanding of the education system in the selected population. Thereafter, it gives the review of various theoretical concepts in connection with the main idea of integrating workplace learning and technical higher education through technology. The article gives the results of the qualitative inquiries, discusses various themes that emerged from the inquiry, it gives a conclusion on the possible way forward and the efficacy of the tested data collection tool
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