The world of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) is unique in the field of education. The school system prepares students for the next level or grade up through University. TVET prepares learners for employment and then helps them to continue their education part-time and full-time.

The tradition of education is to fill the first 22 years of life with learning designed around growth and maturation. TVET is based on mature individuals mastering skills and the concepts behind those skills, over a working lifetime to get a first job and then remain employable as technology and society change.

The goal of TVET system is to ensure that young people can find and follow satisfying careers in an economy that has a continuing supply of new workers with skills and attitude required by industry and business.

TVET system provides entry level courses in five key sectors:

1. Construction
2. Tourism
3. Fisheries and Agriculture
4. Transport
5. Construction

These entry level courses are 3 to 6 months, full-time. Graduates of these courses will be able to continue learning and move up the career ladder. As skills are required, at least 50% of the TVET programs are on-the-job, applied and hands on. At the end of the training, the trainees will receive a national certification.

Three types of training are being conducted under the TVET system.

1. Institution Based Training (IBT)
2. Employer Based Training (EBT)
3. Foundation Programs