HTV510S - HISTORY OF TVET - 1ST OPP - JUNE 2024


HTV510S - HISTORY OF TVET - 1ST OPP - JUNE 2024



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nAmlBIA unlVERSITY
OF SCIEn CE AnD TECHn OLOGY
FACULTY OF COMMERCE, HUMAN SCIENCEAND EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT OF TECHNICAL, VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING
QUALIFICATION: DIPLOMA IN TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING:
TRAINER
QUALIFICATION CODE: 06DTVT
LEVEL: 6
COURSE CODE: HTVSl0S
COURSE NAME: HISTORY OF TVET
SESSION: JUNE 2024
PAPER: 1
DURATION: 3 HOURS
MARKS: 100
FIRST OPPORTUNITY EXAMINATION QUESTION PAPER
EXAMINER(S) MR DM MATEU
MODERATOR: MS HELVI WHEELER
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Answer ALL the questions.
2. Read all the questions carefully before answering.
3. Number the answers clearly
THIS QUESTION PAPER CONSISTS OF _3_ PAGES (Including this front page)

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QUESTION 1
A. Define Competence Based Education & Training (CBET),and in a tabulated format,
illustrate the distinction between Competence Based Education & Training (CBET)
and the Traditional Education method.
(10 Marks)
B. What is a Unit Standard? Discuss four (4) elements that constitute Unit Standards as
described by NZQA (2019)
(10 Marks)
[TOT AL:20 MARKS]
QUESTION 2
A. How do you define apprenticeship and discuss ten advantages of apprenticeship with
reference to a particular trade.
(12 Marks)
B. Define Industrial Revolution and discuss a briefly background and origin of Industrial
Revolution up to today the 21st century.
(8 Marks)
[TOTAL:20 MARKS]
QUESTION 3
Look at the table below and answer the following questions.
Unemployment statistics of some African countries in 2014
Overall unemployment rate%
Youth unemployment rate%
Country names
Total
Male
Female
Total
Male
Female
Angola
8.3
8.0
8.7
14.0
13.7
14.3
Botswana
18.9
16.2
22.1
35.3
30.1
40.9
Ghana
4.8
4.6
5.0
9.3
8.3
10.3
Malawi
7.6
6.3
8.8
13.4
12.5
14.2
Mozambique
8.5
8.1
8.7
14.2
13.9
14.4
Namibia
18.5
16.8
20.3
36.8
32.7
41.7
Nigeria
7.5
7.6
7.3
13.6
14.0
13.2
South Africa
25.2
22.5
28.7
52.9
48.3
58.3
Swaziland
23.3
21.3
26.4
44.0
41.6
47.3
Uganda
3.6
3.0
4.2
6.2
5.8
6.6
Zambia
13.3
15.0
11.4
24.3
26.2
22.2
Average for SSA
7.6
6.9
8.4
11.8
11.0
12.7
Source:Internationall.abourOrganis.,tion(2014)(11.0).
lmpon:111in1highlightingthe focusof our stud>t•hedifferencebetweenSouthAfrica:rndothercountriesin
Africain lt:nnsofuncmploymcnl andentrepreneuriaal ctivities.
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I.
A. According to the graph, what was the male youth unemployment rates of
mozambique and Zambia in 2014.
(2 Marks)
B. By relating to any trade of your choice, discuss how that trade provision in Namibia
will help to remedy the phenomenon depicted in the table above.
(10 Marks)
C. According to the table, which country had the highest EMPLOYMENT rate amongst
the countries shown on the table.
(2 Marks)
D. Ralating to the concepts of TVET & unemployment, which country had the highest
youth unemployment rates on the table in 2014 and suggest three ways how you can
remedy the situation in that country.
(8 Marks)
[TOTAL:20 MARKS]
QUESTION 4
A. Discuss any five (5) advantages and any five (5) disadvantages of Competence Based
Education & Training.
(10 Marks)
B. The TVET sector has faced severe challenges in the Namibian societies today. Briefly
discuss five (5) challenges within the TVET sector in Namibia and five (5) proposed
policy interventions as proposed by Lukonga et al (2018).
(10 Marks)
[TOT AL:20 MARKS]
QUESTION 5
A. Discuss the development of TVET in Namibia before and after independence in March
1990.
(4 Marks)
B. The provision of TVET in Namibia is supported by the 5th National Development Plan
(NDPS), the 5 year strategic plan of the Government of the Republic of Namibia that
was launced in 2016 to enable the attainment of the country's long term vision of
vision 2030. Discuss and outline eight (8) TVET objectives outlined in the NDPS.
(16 Marks)
[TOTAL:20 MARKS]
[100 MARKS]
THE END
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